 | Henry Alford - 1841 - 272 sider
...Without horizon, bound or shadow or cloud, Yet not for power (power of herself Will come uncalled-for) but to live by law Acting the law we live by without...follow right Were wisdom, in the scorn of consequence. (Dear mother Ida, hearken ere I die.) Not as men value gold because it tricks And blazons outward Life... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1898 - 682 sider
...hinted weeks ago, be wise to recognise the claims of justice, in the person of Pallas Athene ; since " Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence." Give the award where it is due : — " O Paris, Give it to Pallas I " You will, I know. And, for Heaven's... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 sider
...earnest eye Over her snow-cold breast and angry cheek Kept watch, waiting decision, made reply. " ' Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These...follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1843 - 260 sider
...earnest eye Over her snow-cold breast and angry cheek Kept watch, waiting decision, made reply. " ' Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These...follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon... | |
 | 1897 - 986 sider
...control. These three alnno lend life to sovereign power. How he indicates us the rule of life: — to live by law, Acting the law we live by without...fear: And, because right is right, to follow right. The thought was always with him. But in the "Princess." in the "Palnce of Art," and the "Vision of... | |
 | 1844 - 671 sider
...(power of herself Will come uncalled for) but to live by lav. Acting the law we live by, without feer ; And because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence (Dear mother Ida, hearken, ere I die !> Not as men value gold — because it tricks And blazons outward... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 sider
...earnest eye Over her snow-cold breast and angry cheek Kept watch, waiting decision, made reply. " ' Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These...follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, barken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1884 - 548 sider
...reward other than that of seeking all which is noble and true and of good report, of men who felt that because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence, Pascal knew nothing ; he was, as every man is, the child of his time, and it would have been as impossible... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 sider
...earnest eye Over her snow-cold breast and angry cheek Kept watch, waiting decision, made reply. " ' Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These...right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the acorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, barken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with... | |
 | Anne Caldwell Marsh-Caldwell - 1851 - 362 sider
...self-control, — * These three alone lend life to sovereign power: Yet not for power .... . . . .' But to live by law, Acting the law we live by without...follow right, Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. TENNYSON. "You have insulted my creed — you have insulted my country — you have insulted my family... | |
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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncall'd for), but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear ; And, because right is right, to follow... 
