I knew 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 Quarterly Review - Page 3881871Full view - About this book
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1886 - 650 pages
...matter which concerns all who would teach or who would learn " High thought and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. " He represents a class whose lowest ranks are indeed impossible, but from whose upper ranks, the best... | |
| 1876 - 818 pages
...for a maid, N' it only to keep Jown 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." ' But the fair design of Arthur in the institution of this order of knighthood was doomed to disappointment.... | |
| Electronic journals - 1894 - 664 pages
...Not only to keep down the base in nun, But teach high thought, and amiable word«, And courtlineu, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. Thua the Victorian poet, the representative singer of his generation. Now hear the Elizabethan, perhaps... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 1194 pages
...for a maid ; Not only to keep down the base in moil. But loach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes the man." For one year longer the friends remained under the talented architect at N — ; it was than... | |
| Electronic journals - 1894 - 664 pages
...keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words, And courtliness, and the delire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. Thus the Victorian poet, the representative singer of bis generation. Now hear the Elizabethan, perhaps... | |
| Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...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. 21 IDEM GREECE REDDITCM. Oáprrtt. у- афрактос OVK «rti ¿ûvTOï yt/M»vKin'rni. (coYoïSa... | |
| Social sciences - 1859 - 798 pages
...that directs ihem all, 1 To keep down the base in man, To teach high thought, and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man ;' and surely we must agree that, unless language be hypocrisy and literature a sham, this is not only... | |
| American literature - 1859 - 620 pages
...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. And all this throve until I wedded thee ! Believing, "lo ! my helpmate, one to feel My purpose and... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Arthurian romances - 1859 - 304 pages
...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. And all this throve until I wedded thee ! Believing "lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and rejoicing... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 256 pages
...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. And all this throve until I wedded thee ! Believing, " Lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and... | |
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