 A rugged people, and thro' soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He...  The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson ... - Page 105by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1908 - 713 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1895 - 588 pages
...fitted for gentler times, but not cast in the heroic mould befitting ' him that strove with gods.' ' Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere Of common...household gods When I am gone. He works his work, I mine.' • •*•*•• ' Though much is taken much abides ; and though We are not now that strength which... | |
 | England - 1849 - 792 pages
...of me, discerning to fulfil This labour, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good....his work, I mine. There lies the port : the vessel null's his sail : There gloom the dark-blue seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled, and wrought,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...Telemachus, To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle — Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil This labour, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and...the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 pages
...To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle — . Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil This labour, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and...the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd,and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the... | |
 | 1849 - 608 pages
...people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centered in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail...work, I mine. There lies the port : the vessel puffs his sail : There gloom the dark-blue seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...Telemachus, To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle — Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil This labour, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and...the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought withme — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1846 - 254 pages
...Telemachus, To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle — Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil This labour, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and...the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - Literary Collections - 1848 - 372 pages
...own Telemachus, To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle — Well loved of me, discerning to fulfill This labor, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged...household gods When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. 15* There lies the port : the vessel puffs her sail : There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 290 pages
...of me, discerning to fulfil This labor, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good....the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The* thunder and... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 1851 - 300 pages
...of me, discerning to fulfil This labor, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good....the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the... | |
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