 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
 | Catholic literature - 1876 - 430 pages
...of St. Joseph's, of which he became a regular member. Says Tennyson, by the mouth of King Arthur: " Indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven...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,... | |
 | 1877 - 998 pages
...the blessedness of all pure human passion. For a man, in Arthur's noble words, — " Indeed I know Of no more subtle master under heaven. Than is the...for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, lïut teach hiph thoughts, and amiable word«, And <'uurtlincss, and the desire of fame, Anil love... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1878 - 688 pages
...redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honour his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one...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,... | |
 | Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth - Ballads - 1878 - 712 pages
...Introductions . . . . . . .1118 Editorial Finale 1130 of all tlje Contents. [See p. 249.] " Indeed I know Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...for a maid ; Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thoughts, and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1879 - 244 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,... | |
 | M. J. Guest - Great Britain - 1879 - 700 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...years of noble deeds Until they won her ; for indeed I know Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid ; Not only to keep... | |
 | Montague John Guest - Great Britain - 1879 - 622 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...only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeda Until they won her ; for indeed I know Of no inore subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1879 - 598 pages
...redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honour his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one...her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her." Imperfect as may have been the practice of chivalry by the knights of old, the idea, the soul, was... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 318 pages
...redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honour his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one...her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her." Such was King Arthur's life ; and the legend tells how all this fell out, and of the wonders and adventures... | |
 | 1879 - 524 pages
...slander, no, nor listen to it, To lend sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, eleave to her. And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until...they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle masterunderheaven Than is the maiden passion fur a maid, Not only to keep down the hase in man, But... | |
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