 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
 | 1879 - 524 pages
...Blaze, making all the night a steam ot fire. And even then he turn'd ; and more and more The moony vapor rolling round the King, Who seem'd the phantom of a Giant in it, Enwound him fold by fold, and made him gray And grayer, till himself became as mist Before her, moving... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1879 - 618 pages
...and in the thick night. The golden dragon on Arthur's helm is wet with the mists. " The moony vapor rolling round the King. Who seem'd the phantom of a Giant in it. Enwound him fold hy fold, and made him gray And grayer, till himself l,ecame as mist Before her. moving... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - Authors - 1880 - 444 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,...the King Who seem'd the phantom of a Giant in it, Enwound him fold by fold, and made him gray And grayer, till himself became as mist Before her, moving... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - Authors - 1880 - 470 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,...the King Who seem'd the phantom of a Giant in it, Enwound him fold by fold, and made him gray And grayer, till himself became as mist Before her, moving... | |
 | National association for the promotion of social science - 1880 - 882 pages
...drama had power Not only to keep down the base in man But to teach high thought and amiable words, And courtliness and the desire of fame, And love of truth and all that makes a man. The Moral and Artistic Aspects of the Stage. By HERMANN VEZIN. IN the course of human progress, a new idea... | |
 | Richard Heber Newton - Social Science - 1880 - 334 pages
...passion for a maid, Xot 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... | |
 | Education - 1914 - 592 pages
...meet successfully the same questions. —Charles A. Prosser. Teach high thought and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. World-Wide Education VIII WHAT TEACHERS SAY ABOUT TEACHING By Clayton Sedgwick Cooper Author of "Why... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1907 - 628 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 1 Believing 'lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and rejoicing... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1890 - 1102 pages
...justly ascribed by Tennyson to pure love ; the power to Teach liigh thought, and amiable words, And rm that emotional sympathy does is that it limits knowledge, and so prevents man.4 We ought in this life to foster all that makes goodness easier, and sets barriers of whatever... | |
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