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
| Abraham Hayward - 1880 - 444 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,... | |
| Abraham Hayward - 1880 - 470 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,... | |
| Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 476 Seiten
...their conscience as their King, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor to listen to it, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity,...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 Heber Newton - 1880 - 334 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,...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Xot only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and... | |
| Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 474 Seiten
...human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor to listen to it, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, 15 To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship...Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maideii passion for a maid, 20 Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable... | |
| 1904 - 692 Seiten
...redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honor his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one...worship her by years of noble deeds Until they won her." — Guinevere, Tennyson. Foremost among this magnificent retinue was " One Sir Lancelot du Lake, Who... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - 1881 - 210 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,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1881 - 742 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,... | |
| Stanley Lane-Poole - 1881 - 270 Seiten
...refining influence of women's society, are not likely to know the ideal of chivalrous love : — " To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one...And worship her by years of noble deeds Until they win her ; for indeed I know Of no more subtle master under heaven Not only to keep down the base in... | |
| 1881 - 1180 Seiten
...not from any economic motives, but only from the promptings of congenial love. " For 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 thought and amiable wordf And courtliness and the desire of fame, And love of truth,... | |
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