 Thro' either babbling world of high and low; Whose life was work, whose language rife With rugged maxims hewn from life; Who never spoke against a foe; Whose eighty winters freeze with one rebuke All great self-seekers trampling on the right : Truth-teller...  Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington - Page 13by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1852 - 16 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1829 - 82 pages
...For ever silent ; even if they broke In thunder, silent — yet remember all THE DUKE OP WELLINGTON. 18 He spoke among you, and the Man who spoke ; Who...Whatever record leap to light He never shall be shamed. Lo the leader in these glorious wars Now to glorious burial slowly borne, Follow'd by the brave of... | |
 | 1853 - 672 pages
...He spoke among you, and the Man who spoke ; Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with Eternal God for power. His eighty winters freeze...Whatever record leap to light, He never shall be shamed. Why? Because " the path of duty was his way to glory." Never has that path been more simply and faithfully... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 428 pages
...He spoke among you, and the man who spoke; Who never sold the truth to servo the hour, Nor palter'd with eternal God for power, His eighty winters freeze...Whatever record leap to light, He never shall be shamed. Why ? Because the path of duty was his way to glory ! Never has that path been more simply and faithfully... | |
 | 1853 - 848 pages
...God for power ; IVJiose life was work, whose language rife With rugged maxims hewn from life ; Whose eighty winters freeze with one rebuke. All great self-seekers...Whatever record leap to light He never shall be shamed. From this section lines have been also omitted — but it is not necessary to distinguish the rejected.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 180 pages
...work, whose language rife With rugged maxims hewn from life; Who never spoke against a foe ; Whose eighty winters freeze with one rebuke All great self-seekers...Whatever record leap to light He never shall be shamed. 8. Lo, the leader in these glorious wars Now to glorious burial slowly borne, Follow' d by the brave... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1855 - 802 pages
...rugged maxims hewn from life; Whose eighty winters freeze with one rebuke Who never spoke against a foe; All great self-seekers trampling on the right: Truth-teller...Whatever record leap to light He never shall be shamed." We turn somewhat unwillingly to " Maud." Our readers will easily imagine that the poem is somewhat... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 176 pages
...work, whose language rife With rugged maxims hewn from life ; Who never spoke against a foe ; Whose eighty winters freeze with one rebuke All great self-seekers trampling on the right : Truth -lover was our English Duke ; Whatever record leap to light He never shall be shamed. Lo, the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 180 pages
...work, whose language rife With rugged maxims hewn from life ; Who never spoke against a foe ; Whose eighty winters freeze with one rebuke All great self-seekers trampling on the right : Truth-lover was our English Duke ; Whatever record leap to light He never shall be shamed. Lo, the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1856 - 176 pages
...a foe ; Whose eighty winters freeze with one rebuke All great self-seekers trampling on the right : Truth-lover was our English Duke ; Whatever record leap to light He never shall be shamed. Lo, the leader in these glorious wars Now to glorious burial slowly borne, Folio w'd by the brave of... | |
 | 1857 - 648 pages
...work, whose language rife With rugged máxime hewn from life ; Who never spoke against a foe ; Whose eighty winters freeze with one rebuke. All great self-seekers trampling on the right;" and — highest praise of all ! — that be wat " Rich in saving common sense, And, as the greatest... | |
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