 The wages of sin is death : if the wages of Virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly ? She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky : Give...  Miscellaneous poems - Page 87by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1893Full view - About this book
 | 1869 - 406 pages
...fight, to struggle, to riprht the wrong — Nay, but she aimed not at glory, no lover of glory she: Give her the glory of going on and still to be. The wages...and the fly ? She desires no isles of the blest, no qmet seats of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky: Give her the wages of... | |
 | American literature - 1871 - 808 pages
...if she aim at glory she is not virtue at all : " She desires no isles of the blest, noquiet seatsof the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky ! Give her the wages of going on, and not to die." This confession cuts away all supposition that Mr.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...at glory she is not virtue at all : She desires no isles of the blest, no seats of the just, quiet To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky, Give her the wages of going on. and not to die." This confession cuts away all supposition that Mr.... | |
 | 1884 - 874 pages
...or comparative littleness " Tennyson strikes a true note in the line where he tells us that Virtue " Desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats of the...rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky, Giro her the wages of going on, and not to die." To cease to grow is to begin to decay. Selfsatisfaction... | |
 | Cheltenham College - Endowed public schools (Great Britain) - 1868 - 412 pages
...aimed not at glory, no lover of glory she* Give her the glory of going on>and still to be. The wages oT sin is death ; if the wages of virtue be dust, Would...To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer skyt GIVE HER THE GLORY OF GOING ON, AND NOT TO DIE. That is not so bad as the Victim, but it is not... | |
 | 1868 - 874 pages
...fight, to struggle, to right the wrong — Nay, but she aim'd not at glory, no lover of glory she : Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages...rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky : Give her the wages of going on, and not to die. No. 100. — VOL. xvii. 272 EECOLLECTIONS OF PHILAEET,... | |
 | 1868 - 556 pages
...fight, to struggle, to right the wrong— Kay, but she aim'd not at glory, no lover of glory she : Wve her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages...heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly ? •shc desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1870 - 242 pages
...fight, to struggle, to right the wrong— Nay, but she aim'd not at glory, no lover of glory she : Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages...rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky : Give her the wages of going on, and not to die. THE HIGHER PANTHEISM. THE sun, the moon, the stars,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 208 pages
...fight, to struggle, to right the wrong — Nay, but she aim'd not at glory, no lover of glory she: Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages...rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky: Give her the wages of going on, and not to die. THE HIGHER PANTHEISM. THE sun, the moon, the stars,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Arthurian romances - 1870 - 242 pages
...fight, to struggle, to right the wrong — Nay, but she aim'd not at glory, no lover of glory she : Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages...heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly t She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats of the just, To rest in. a golden grove, or to... | |
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