 Yet in the long years liker must they grow; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the...  The Princess of Alfred Tennyson Re-cast as a Drama - Page 62by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1881 - 63 pagesFull view - About this book
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
...height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind ;...herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble words ; And so these twain, upon the skirts of Time, Sit side by side, full-summed in all their powers, Dispensing... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1869 - 320 pages
...world • She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care ; More as the double-natured poet, each ; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble words." While it is admitted, therefore, that a Shakespeare will never be found amongst women, as it is equally... | |
 | 1870 - 976 pages
...height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world : She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind —...herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble words." CONTENTS OF THE STONE. Mr. Nathaniel Jarvis, Jr., read the following list of articles placed in the... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1870 - 312 pages
...height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world; She, mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind. Till...herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble words. And so these twain unto the skirts of Time, Sit side by side, full summed in all their powers, Dispensing... | |
 | 1870 - 672 pages
...height. Nor loose the wrestling thewa that throw the world . She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind ; Till, at the last, she set hersolf to man, Like perfect music unto noble words." It is not therefore unmeet, nor in any degree... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 pages
...height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind ;...herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble words ; And so these twain, upon the skirts of Time, Sit sidg, by side, full-summ'd in all their powers,... | |
 | William Bruce (of Edinburgh.) - 1871 - 160 pages
...height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind ;...herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble words." Beautiful the description of the process, perfect the statement of the result. For words are the language... | |
 | Samuel Martin - 1871 - 586 pages
...world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care — More as the double-natured poet, each ; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble words." But where the yoking is unequal, as in the case of the text, we may still remember " that the mind... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 pages
...Sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice and Verse, Wed your divine sounds." Comp. Tennyson's Prineess: " Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble words." 139. A winding bout. — A bout [A.-S. bugan, to bend] is a bend or twist. In its secondary sense,... | |
 | Church congress - 1871 - 542 pages
...to-day ; for perhaps the words of Tennyson regarding woman describe their relationship most truly : "Till at the last she set herself to man. Like perfect music unto noble words." However, I must dwell almost exclusively on the " noble words," and leave it to others to tell how... | |
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