 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
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 528 pages
...is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, &nd amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of 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... | |
 | Charles McKnight - Fort Duquesne (Pa.) - 1874 - 532 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. HE first streak of dawn saw the whole party on their feet. While Marie and Wau-ki-na... | |
 | Samuel Neil - Debates and debating - 1874 - 112 pages
...valued place among those purpose-guided agencies — " That keep down the base in man ; That teach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness,...fame, And love of truth and all that makes a Man." 58 CHAPTER V. OPINION, AND HOW IT IS INFLUENCED BY DEBATE. OPINIONS form the characters of nations,... | |
 | Mary Bramston - English fiction - 1875 - 326 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." ILon&on: MARCUS WARD & CO., 67, CHANDOS STREET ; AND ROYAL ULSTER WORKS, BELFAST. '57. c. /S2. CHAP.... | |
 | Isaac Ashe (M.D.) - 1875 - 196 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." To the suggestion that scandal or injury to morals might arise from such association, we reply that... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 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 ! Believing, ' lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1876 - 452 pages
...Thau 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, 'lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and rejoicing... | |
 | Catholic literature - 1876 - 430 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." The poet's thought is sweetly uttered, and true as far as it goes ; for vain is the "maiden passion"... | |
 | Mrs. Forrester - English fiction - 1877 - 412 pages
...Of no more subtle master under heaven, 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." TENNYSON. world have caused his father any anxiety or uneasiness, and was singularly free from that... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - 1877 - 460 pages
...lead sweet lives in purest chastity, 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 ai SUCCESS IN LIFE. SUCCESS IN LIFE. THE SUCCESSFUL. 1 HERE are successes more melancholy than any... | |
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