 Within himself, from more to more; Or, crown'd with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd...  Cleveland Medical and Surgical Reporter - Page 991905Full view - About this book
 | James Stark - 1889 - 202 pages
...resolve, goes into the earth miner-like, and digs as for hid treasure. Show as Tennyson sings : — " That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipped in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use." The strength... | |
 | Thomas Davidson - 1889 - 200 pages
...task, to be achieved by a man who lies still like "idle ore." It demands one who is prepared to be as " iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom " To shape and use." Such a man will " move his course " " crown'd... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, W. B. Powell - 1890 - 522 pages
...began to ask why, to study the purpose of life. At last he grew strong and hopeful again. He wrote that " Life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from...central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipped in baths of hissing tears, And battered with the shocks of doom, To shape and use." " Forever... | |
 | Charles Frederick Holder - 1891 - 374 pages
...cycles, have brought us up from formless slime, now remain in our hands to use for good or ill — " That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central...burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And battered with the shocks of doom For shape and use." A DARWINIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. BY FREDERICK W.... | |
 | 1891 - 874 pages
...believe with our greatest living poet — Tliat life is not as idle ore, Hut iron dn^ from central ploom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And hatt-er'd with the shocks of doom To fchape and use.' Bess intellectual and moral faculties, which... | |
 | Canadian Bar Association - 1927 - 506 pages
...gives light to the world, has been created. The life of a nation, like the life of an individual— " Is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom....burning fears And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And battered with the shocks of doom, To shape and use." The constitution so shaped is ours for use,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1907 - 628 pages
...himself, from more to more ; Or, crown'd with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central...burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and fly The reeling Faun, the sensual... | |
 | Clara M. Codd - 1988 - 132 pages
...wrote: "Endure and persist; this pain will turn to your good by and by." And the poet Tennyson wrote: Life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipped in baths of hissing tears, To shape and use. So St. Paul — to quote him once more — exhorted... | |
 | Graham Hough - 1978 - 260 pages
...himself, from more to more; Or, crown'd with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central...burning fears, And dipt, in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and fly The reeling Faun, the sensual... | |
 | Basil Willey - 1980 - 310 pages
...himself, from more to more; Or, crown'd with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central...burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and fly The reeling Faun, the sensual... | |
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