I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God. I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope. And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And... The National Review - Side 382redigeret af - 1855Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Charles Bray - 1871 - 398 sider
...passed away. We are such stuff as dreams are made of, And our'little life is rounded by a sleep. " Thus I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her...of fifty seeds (She often brings but one to bear," &c. ASK what is death, and why? Are God and Nature, then, at strife ! But first, can we answer the... | |
| Charles Bray - 1871 - 386 sider
...passed away. We are such stuff as dreams are made of, And our little life is rounded by a sleep. " Thus I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her...of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear," &c. ASK. what is death, and why? Are God and Nature, then, at strife ! But first, can we answer the... | |
| 1872 - 590 sider
...lines of Tennyson, when speaking of nature, better express the reluctant but unavoidable conclusion ? Considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds,...seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter where 1 firmly trod. **•**» And faintly trust the larger hope. But Reason speaks again : Seeing the vast... | |
| William Landels - 1872 - 248 sider
...and were left to grope our way without Divine direction, he has thus described his feelings : — " I falter where I firmly trod ; And falling with my weight of cares Upon the world's great altar stairs, Which slope through darkness up to God — I stretch lame hands of faith,... | |
| Emily Sarah Holt - 1872 - 398 sider
...they knew it not — on the darkest hour of the night. CHAPTER X. THE DARKEST HOUR OF THE NlGHT. " I falter where I firmly trod ; And falling with my weight of cares Upon the world's great altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith." —... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872 - 360 sider
...Natnre lends snch evil dreams ? So carefnl of the type she seems, So careless of the eingic life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of ¡lf.y seeds She nflcn hrings hat one to hear, I falter where I firmly trod, And fnlling with my weight... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 528 sider
...type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meanin" in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear. [ faltp.r wnere I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1873 - 350 sider
...evil dreams ? So carefnl of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, cousidering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty eeeds She often hrings hnt one to hear, I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of... | |
| 1874 - 1002 sider
...himself. Do I mistake when I make its concluding lines a fit sequel for this cry in " In Memoriam" ? 11 1 falter where I firmly trod. And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar stairs . That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather... | |
| Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1874 - 836 sider
...of the same mystery which tortured the ancient patriarch, thus describes his faith in doubt : — " I falter where I firmly trod. And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world'* altar-stairs. That slope through darkness np to God, " I stretch lame hands of faith and grope.... | |
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