 And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet 'By shaping some august decree, Which kept her throne unshaken still, Broad-based upon her people's will, And compass'd by...  Self Culture - Page 3491897Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1881 - 1188 pages
...behalf of the helpless. The Poet Laureate had said — •• And statesmen at her Council met, Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet." If the poet had confined those lines to England, they might have some application ; but he did not... | |
 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll - 1881 - 226 pages
...adds these lines, not a whit less worthy of his fame : — " And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet." This, said the A thencsum, will live and be had in recollection with the glorious lines themselves.1... | |
 | Church congress - 1881 - 692 pages
...survival of the fittest." The destiny is in the hands of the Church, and it only remains for us " To know the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bond of freedom broader still." And in considering this question, we must look not only beyond ourselves,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 pages
...to reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen ; "And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The hounds of freedom wider yet. "By shaping some august decree, Which kept her throne unshaken still Broad-based... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...morning-gate, And walked in Paradise. ibid. ALFRED TENNYSON. And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons, when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The Ixsunds of freedom wider yet. To the Quart. Broad based upon her people's will. And compassed by the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 340 pages
...to reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen ; ' And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet ' By shaping some august decree, Which kept her throne unshaken still, Broad-based upon her people's... | |
 | 1884 - 668 pages
...defence of liberty; because of her it may be said that " Statesmen at her council met Who knew the season when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet, " By shaping some august decree, Which kept her throne unshaken still, Broad-based upon the people's... | |
 | Henry James Jennings - 1884 - 326 pages
...an incident worth recalling that the lines — "And statesmen at her council met Who knew the season when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of Freedom wider yet," was once quoted by Mr. Gladstone in the House of Commons with electrical effect. Lord John Manners,... | |
 | Henry James Jennings - 1884 - 326 pages
...incident worth recalling that the lines — " And statesmen at her council met Who knew the season when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of Freedom wider yet," was once quoted by Mr. Gladstone in the House of Commons with electrical effect. Lord John Manners,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 526 pages
...to reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen; " And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet " By shaping some august decree, Which kept her throne unshaken sttll, Broad-based upon her people... | |
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