 That not a worm is cloven in vain ; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivel'd in a. fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain. Behold, we know not anything ; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every...  In memoriam [by A. Tennyson]. - Page 78by Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 pages
...with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete ; That not a worm is cloven...anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream : but what... | |
 | Spiritualism - 1866 - 588 pages
...Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete ; THE SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE. 497 That not a worm is cloven in vain ; That not a moth...anything ; I can but trust that good shall fall At last— far off— at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. I have been led to quote from... | |
 | George H. STRUTT - 1866 - 260 pages
...with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroy'd, _ . Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete ; That not a worm is cloven in vain ; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain. Behold, we know not. any thing; I... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1866 - 836 pages
...one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete. 3 That not a worm is cloven in vain ; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain. 4 Behold, we know not anything ; 354... | |
 | 1866 - 652 pages
...direction which, on many thinkers, seem to exert a power. In the incautious wail — " Behold, \vc know not anything ! I can but trust that good shall fall At last— far off— at last to all." he has sung what is ever coming up, whether the Bible will admit... | |
 | Religious poetry, American - 1867 - 370 pages
...pile complete ; That not a worm is cloven in vain ; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain....know not anything ; I can but trust that good shall full At last, — far oft', — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - Unitarian churches - 1867 - 532 pages
...one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete. I That not a worm is cloven in vain ; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain ! Behold ! we know not any thing :... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1867 - 824 pages
...of the travail of Hi« soul." Or cast as rubbish to the void, Whcu God hath made the pile complete. "Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last— far off— at last, to all, And every whiter change to spring." Mr. Browning, looking, in a... | |
 | 1879 - 692 pages
...noble intellect of our time in presence of the unread mysteries of our being, can humbly say : — " Behold, we know not anything, I can but trust that good shall fall At last, far off, at last to all, And every winter change to spring. " So runs my dream, but what am I... | |
 | Literature - 1867 - 590 pages
...one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, 'When God hath made the pile complete. " Behold, we know not anything ; I can but trust that good shall fall At last— far off— at last, to all, And every winter change to spring." Mr. Browning, looking, in a... | |
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