 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 poetical works of Alfred Tennyson - Page 185by Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew .. _ Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, N' it only to keep Jown the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness,... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad, redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship by her years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under... | |
 | 1861 - 1050 pages
...redressing human wrongs, — To spenk no slander, no, nor listen to it, — To lead sweet lives iu purest chastity, — To love one maiden only, cleave...her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her"; and the rest, — "high thoughts, and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1859 - 618 pages
...conscience as their king To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redeeming human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...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,... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 620 pages
...conscience as their king To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redeeming human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...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,... | |
 | Wales - 1859 - 364 pages
...conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...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,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Arthurian romances - 1859 - 304 pages
...conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...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,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 256 pages
...their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, 19 To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To lead...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,... | |
 | English literature - 1859 - 586 pages
...conscience as their king, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redeeming human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it,...To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one mnidcn only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed... | |
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