 Ah shameless ! for he did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his on earth, No blazon'd statesman he, nor king. He gave the people of his best : His worst he kept, his best he gave.  The Atlantic Monthly - Página 2591885Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 398 páginas
...was his on earth, No blazoned statesman he, nor king. 164 TO EL, ON HIS TRAVELS IN GREECE. He cave the people of his best ; His worst he kept, his best he gave. My Shakspeavc's curse on clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest ! Who make it seem more sweet... | |
 | 1867 - 902 páginas
...rebuke in those vehement lines of Tennyson himself, having reference to a similar indiscretion : — " He gave the people of his best : His worst he kept ; his best he gave: My Shakespeare's curse on down and knave Who will not let bis ashes rest." There are, notwithstanding, many Timbs-ian items in... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - 402 páginas
...that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his on earth, No blazon'd statesman he, nor king. He gave the people of his best : His worst he kept,...on clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest ! Who make it seem more sweet to be The little life of bank and brier, The bird that pipes his lone... | |
 | Rogers Charles 1825-1890, ed - 1868 - 276 páginas
...gave," says the Laureate of his deceased friend — and it is manifestly true of himself likewise — " He gave the people of his best ; His worst he kept, his best he gave." This, we say, is the prime sign of greatness in the poetic art. Your great poet will not consent to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - 456 páginas
...him ere he scarce be cold Begins the scandal and the cry : " Proclaim the faults he would not show : Break lock and seal : betray the trust : Keep nothing sacred : 't is but just 271 Ah shameless ! for he did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 264 páginas
...him ere he scarce be cold Begins the scandal and the cry: " Proclaim the fanlts he would not show : Break lock and seal : betray the trust : Keep nothing...'t is but just The many-headed beast should know." Ah shameless ! for he did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his on... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1893 - 990 páginas
...can understand. Tennyson did not neglect the gift that was in him. His poems are beautiful because He gave the people of his best ; — His worst he kept, his best he gave ; and they are lucid, not because his thought is shallow, but because he took infinite pains to make... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 páginas
...him ere he scarce be cold Begins the scandal and the cry : " Proclaim the faults he would not show : Break lock and seal : betray the trust : Keep nothing...'t is but just The many-headed beast should know." Ah shameless ! for he did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his on... | |
 | Stephen Powers - 1871 - 378 páginas
...adjures to linger yet awhile, and in this harsh world draw his breath in pain to tell his story. " He gave the people of his best; His worst he kept, his best he gave." Here, then, in this great library, is a city of the dead. Through its populous recesses we should tread... | |
 | 1871 - 692 páginas
...adjures to linger yet a while, and in this harsh world draw his breath in pain to tell his story. " He gave the people of his best : His worst he kept, his best he gave." Here, then, in this great library is a [JUNE, city of the dead. Through its populous recesses we should... | |
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