 Not once or twice in our rough island-story. The path of duty was the way to glory : He that walks it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden Love of self, before his journey closes, He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy...  Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington - Page 14by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1852 - 16 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1829 - 82 pages
...Him who cares not to be great, But as he saves or serves the state. Not once or twice in our rough island-story The path of duty was the way to glory. He that walks it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden VIII. Love of self before his journey... | |
 | 1853 - 672 pages
...of duty was the way to glory. He that walks it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden Love of self, before his journey closes, He shall...Into glossy purples, which outredden All voluptuous garden roses. Not once or twice, in our fair island story. The path of duty was the way to glory. He,... | |
 | 1864 - 704 pages
...отшей. [SEPTEMBER 1, 1865. He that walks it, only thirsting For the right, und learns to deiulen Love of self, before his journey closes, He shall...thistle bursting Into glossy purples, which outredden AU voluptuous garden-roses." Finally : if -we yo from strength to strength, we shall go from earth... | |
 | Midland-metropolitan magazine - 1852 - 676 pages
...of duty was the way to glory. He that walks it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden Love of self before his journey closes, He shall find...Into glossy purples, which outredden All voluptuous garden roses. Not once or twice in our rough island-story, The path of duty was the way to glory. He,... | |
 | 1853 - 582 pages
...broad approach of fame, And ever-ringing avenues of long." and again — Not once or twice in our rough island-story The path of duty was the way to glory. He that walks it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deadeo Love of self. Before his journey closes,... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 428 pages
...of duty was the way to glory. He that walks it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden, Love of self, before his journey closes, He shall...Into glossy purples, which out-redden All voluptuous garden roses. Not once or twice, in our fair Island story, The path of duty was the way to glory. He... | |
 | 1853 - 728 pages
...ííie Küibbarn thititle bursting Into ylowy purples, which outredden All voluptuous garden-rose». Not once or twice in our fair island-story, The path of duty was the way to glory. Ho that ever following her commands, Or with toil of henrt and knees and hands. Thro' the long gorge... | |
 | 1853 - 724 pages
...bursting Into ffloHxy purplrH, which outredden All voluptuous garden-roses. Not once or twice in our fuir island-story. The path of duty was the way to glory. He that ever following her commands. Or with toil of heart and knee» and hunda. Thro' the long torge to the far light has won His path... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1898 - 248 pages
...advice how to maintarn it unimpaired ! To my mind the pith of this grand poem lies in the couplet — Not once or twice, in our fair island-story The path of duty was the way to glory. If we review England's countless "little wars," as they are called, in the light of these lines, we... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 176 pages
...it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden Love of self, before his journey closes, 8. He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy...voluptuous garden-roses. Not once or twice in our fair island story, The path of duty was the way to glory : He, that ever following her commands, On with... | |
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