Tis strange that those we lean on most, Those in whose laps our limbs are nursed, Fall into shadow, soonest lost : Those we love first are taken first. God gives us love. Something to love He lends us ; but, when love is grown To ripeness, that on which... A Dream of Fair Women, and Other Poems - Seite 25von Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1895 - 96 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1880 - 354 Seiten
...could say, without intruding too far into the sorrow of others or losing heart in one's own : — " Tis strange that those we lean on most, Those in whose...which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone. * * * . * I knew your brother ; his mute dust I honour, and his living worth : A man more pure, and... | |
| 1880 - 146 Seiten
...when I sorrowed most, 'Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all. 5Cn 3. £. GOD gives us love. Something to love He lends us ;...love is left alone. This is the curse of time. Alas I In grief I am not all unlearned ; Once through mine own doors Death did pass ; One went, who never... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1881 - 502 Seiten
...this knowledge bolder made, Or else I had not dare to flow In these words toward you, and invade Kven with a verse your holy woe. 'Tis strange that those...love is left alone. This is the curse of time. Alas I In grief I am not all unlearn'd ; Once thro' mine own doors Death did pass; One went, who never hath... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1881 - 112 Seiten
...Cf. Purgatory, canto i. 67 Protesilaus is made aware of the change in his appearance. 68 Cf. — " God gives us love. Something to love He lends us ;...which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone." — TENNYSON, Lines to JS (John Stebbing). It is wrong to mourn the joys of sense, not merely because... | |
| 1881 - 534 Seiten
...being the death of Spedding's brother. This is the poem in which occurs the familiar stanza : God Rives us love Something to love He lends us ; but, when...which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone. — A coming series on domestic life will bear the name of "Appleton's Home Books," treating of the... | |
| 422 Seiten
...grateful. It is better to have' had them and lost them, than never to have had them ;ataU. " God gives UB love ; something to love He lends us ; but when love...which it throve Falls off; and love is left alone." Moreover, if the mystery of the death of little ones be great, the consolation is proportionate. We... | |
| Athyria (pseud.) - 1881 - 112 Seiten
...return home, leaving his sister and Rose to follow, when their preparations were complete. CHAPTER IX. " God gives us love ; something to love He lends us ; but when love has grown to ripeness, that on which it throve falls off, and love is left alone." lOME, Nico, there's... | |
| John Brown - 1882 - 506 Seiten
...bosom.' The urn was again empty — and the only word was vale ! he was once more -viduus, bereft. ' God gives us love ; something to love He lends us...and love is left alone. This is the curse of time.' — But still ' 'Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all.' It was no easy... | |
| John Brown - 1882 - 474 Seiten
...bosom." The urn was again empty — and the only word was vale ! he was once more vidmtt bereft. " God gives us love ; something to love He lends us...and love is left alone. This is the curse of time ' — But still — " 'Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all." It was... | |
| Dora Vere - 1882 - 258 Seiten
...go stumbling upstairs to my bedroom. There is no music in the drawing-room to-night. CHAPTER XIV. ' God gives us love — something to love ' He lends...which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone.' TENNYSON. ONE by one the days have slowly waned, and one by one Sir John Trevor's guests have departed... | |
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