 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
 | John Colwell - 1882 - 104 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." Trifling, anywhere and everywhere, is both unworthy and injurious, and those who would aspire to true... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 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... | |
 | Peter Henry Emerson - Medical students - 1882 - 422 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]HE same experience of the Cape cart, the same prairie lands, interesting at first from their novelty,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Burnham - 1883 - 324 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But to teach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness and...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. A Ifred Tennyson. The saddest thing that can befall a soul Is when it loses faith in God and Woman.... | |
 | 1883 - 588 pages
...is the maiden-passion for a maid, Not merely 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 king, however, two years later appearing incognito under the name of Gars — the initials of Gustavus... | |
 | Stanley Lane-Poole - Civilization, Islamic - 1883 - 308 pages
...— that 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. The Muslim has no ideal of chivalry like this to make his life pure and honourable : his religion encourages... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1883 - 740 pages
...passion for a. m. lid, ( Not only to keep down the base in / man, / But teach high thought and atniabb i words \ And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that mak«s a man. ^ And all this throve until I wedded thee! Believing "lo mine helpmate, one to feel My... | |
 | American essays - 1861 - 908 pages
...redressing human wrongs, — To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, — To lead sweet lives in ncy, that, if but one thing were given on which they...have set their hearts, or one care removed forever, up a simpler system for the use of his men. Throwing aside the old ideas of soldierly bearing, he taught... | |
 | Education - 1914 - 592 pages
...turn before we can meet successfully the same questions. —Charles A. Prosser. Teach high thought and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. World-Wide Education VIII WHAT TEACHERS SAY ABOUT TEACHING By Clayton Sedgwick Cooper Author of "Why... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1907 - 628 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 1 Believing 'lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and rejoicing... | |
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