 I knew 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 Atlantic Monthly - Página 831861Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Cheltenham College - 1868 - 570 páginas
...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...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve until I wedded thee, Believing " to mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and rejoicing... | |
 | James Mason Hoppin - 1868 - 494 páginas
...maid Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought and amiable words, And courtlinesse and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man." A figure far more distinct and no less powerful, though of an earthlier and more passionate mould,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 822 páginas
...the shortcomings of the young. Let us ask ourselves, Have we done all that we could do — To teach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness and...fame, And love of truth and all that makes a man, before wo complain, as it is much the fashion now to complain, that the present generation of young... | |
 | 1891 - 1020 páginas
...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...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. Now there is no mistaking this for the work of any other poet of our century. It belongs to Tennyson... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 352 páginas
...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...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.' 1. 591. scale; — ladder, as in v. 509. 1. 598. genial bed ; — the ' lectus genialis' of Horace... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1870 - 448 páginas
...for the views of others, but earnest and emphatic in acting upon his own. High thoughts were his, ' And amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.' ALFRED AS MAN AND KING. 15 Like Tennyson's Arthur, he seems to have charged himself with a noble and... | |
 | 1871 - 606 páginas
...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...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.' The figure of the King is Miltonic in its shadowy aweinspiring outline as he moves off: — ' And more... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 páginas
...Than is the maiden passion for a maic Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve until I wedded thee ! Believing " lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and... | |
 | 1871 - 612 páginas
...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 mnn.' The figure of the King is Miltonic in its shadowy aweinspiring outline as he moves off: — '... | |
 | John Lipscomb Johnson - 1871 - 834 páginas
...for he entered it under the bright auspices of " high thought, and amiable words, And courteous mien, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a. man." Alas ! that a life with so fair a morning should be destined to a speedy and melancholy close. In the... | |
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