 Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power, (power of herself Would come uncalled for,) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear; And because right is right, to follow...  Poems - Page 112by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 448 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Alford - Greek poetry - 1841 - 272 pages
...Without horizon, bound or shadow or cloud, Yet not for power (power of herself Will come uncalled-for) but to live by law Acting the law we live by without...wisdom, in the scorn of consequence. (Dear mother Ida, hearken ere I die.) Not as men value gold because it tricks And blazons outward Life with ornament,... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1898 - 682 pages
...hinted weeks ago, be wise to recognise the claims of justice, in the person of Pallas Athene ; since " Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence." Give the award where it is due : — " O Paris, Give it to Pallas I " You will, I know. And, for Heaven's... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1843 - 260 pages
...three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power, (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by...wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon could not alter me... | |
 | 1897 - 986 pages
...control. These three alnno lend life to sovereign power. How he indicates us the rule of life: — to live by law, Acting the law we live by without...fear: And, because right is right, to follow right. The thought was always with him. But in the "Princess." in the "Palnce of Art," and the "Vision of... | |
 | United States - 1844 - 671 pages
...(power of herself Will come uncalled for) but to live by lav. Acting the law we live by, without feer ; And because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence (Dear mother Ida, hearken, ere I die !> Not as men value gold — because it tricks And blazons outward life with ornament... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1884 - 548 pages
...reward other than that of seeking all which is noble and true and of good report, of men who felt that because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence, Pascal knew nothing ; he was, as every man is, the child of his time, and it would have been as impossible... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 pages
...three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power, (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by...right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the acorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, barken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 276 pages
...' Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power, (power of herself Would come uncalled...wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die, Again she said: ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon could not alter me... | |
 | Anne Caldwell Marsh-Caldwell - English fiction - 1851 - 362 pages
...self-control, — * These three alone lend life to sovereign power: Yet not for power .... . . . .' But to live by law, Acting the law we live by without...follow right, Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. TENNYSON. "You have insulted my creed — you have insulted my country — you have insulted my family... | |
 | Barbarina Charlotte Grey (hon. lady.) - 1852 - 352 pages
...haste ; still the full heart Had not imparted half ; 'twas happiness Too exquisite to last ! BLAIR. — Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. TENNYSON. ALL now went smoothly ; everybody looked happy in their different ways. Arthur was in a state... | |
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