 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 - Page 831861Full view - About this book
 | 1859 - 446 pages
...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!" He leaves her ; she has not spoken ; her heart is full of... | |
 | 1872 - 980 pages
...Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only t* keep down the base in man, Hut 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. ... 1 wedded thee, Believing, lo ! mine hflp*naíe¡ one to feel My purpose, and... | |
 | Charles McKnight - 1873 - 536 pages
...under Heaven, Than is the maiden passion for a maid ; Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness,...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. — Tennyson. THE first streak of dawn saw the whole party on their feet. While Marie and Wau-ki-na... | |
 | Henry Peterson - 1873 - 402 pages
...under Heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the basç in man, But teach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness,...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man." Tennyson. As our party emerged from the valley of the Wissahickon, on their homeward ride, the sound... | |
 | John McClintock - 1873 - 976 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base In man, But teach high thoughts, and amiable words. And courtliness,...desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.'1 III. Clatttt and Df greet of Knighthood.— Knighthood may be loosely distributed into six classes... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 pages
...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 ! H H Z H i " IT IS A SHAMEFUL THING FOR MEN TO LIE." — TENNYSON.... | |
 | Frederick Perry - 1873 - 540 pages
...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." J • Gibbon's " Decline and Fall," ch. xliv. t Arist. Polit., vii. 16. J " Idylls of the King," Guinevere.... | |
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...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 ! A SHAMEFUL THING FOR MEN TO LIE. — TENNYSON. r " THE OLD... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1873 - 340 pages
...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 before I wedded thee, Believing, " lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and... | |
 | Henry Bleckly - 1873 - 172 pages
...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." Nature avenges every transgression of her laws, and a recent writer supplies us with a curious commentary... | |
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