 Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.  The poetical works of Alfred Tennyson - Seite 185von Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - 520 Seiten
...conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth,... | |
 | Cheltenham College - 1868 - 570 Seiten
...conscience as their King, To break the heathen, and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth,... | |
 | 1868 - 978 Seiten
...would not fail to be) at one with the highest idea of it, for he makes King Arthur say : — " I know Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...for a maid, Not only to keep down the base* in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words, And .... love of truth, and all that makes a man." This... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1869 - 658 Seiten
...ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To lead sweet lm« in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, cleave...for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth,... | |
 | Richard Frederick Littledale - 1869 - 490 Seiten
...conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the CHRIST, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds. Another and especial bed of our Solomon was that Aponius. wherein He was first cradled, the hallowed... | |
 | 308 Seiten
...leaves its mark for life, end however it may, and is a most powerful teacher : — " Indeed, I know Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thoughts and amiable words .... And love of truth, and all that makes a man." But there... | |
 | 1891 - 1020 Seiten
...redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honour his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one...for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought and amiable words. And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth,... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 352 Seiten
...And the refined mind doth newly fashion Unto a fairer form.' King Arthur (in Tennyson's Guinevere) 'knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is...for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1893 - 990 Seiten
...pure love as the bright consummate flower of life, and taught that it is the honor of all knightly men To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they win her ; for indeed I know Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a... | |
 | 1871 - 606 Seiten
...conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth,... | |
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