| 1895 - 588 pages
...contemplative repose. ' There is no joy but calm ! ' ' Why should we only toil, the roof and crown of things 1 Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with...things have rest and ripen toward the grave In silence ; vipen, fall and cease : Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.' Nothing can exceed... | |
| England - 1849 - 792 pages
...fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. Let us alone. What is it that will last ? All things an taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of...In ever climbing up the climbing wave ? All things hare rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence, — ripen, fall, and cease: Give us lone rest or... | |
| Caricatures and cartoons - 1847 - 574 pages
...to this question all the Ministerial Lotus-Eaters reply, in languid chorus — " LET ra ALONE. What is it that will last? All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful I he issue of five millions of notes restored confidence." And then MR. HORSFALL asked only for an... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. Let us alone. What is it that will last ? All things are taken from us,...there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave 1 All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence, ripen, fall and cease. Give us long... | |
| Criticism - 1865 - 836 pages
...that enough has been done for Freedom and Justice, and dreamily mutters : " There is no joy but calm. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil 1 Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave !" The war well over, the great mass of... | |
| 1849 - 608 pages
...Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. Let us alone. What is it that will last ? All things are taken from us,...and parcels of the dreadful past. Let us alone. What pleasures can we have To war with evil ? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave ?... | |
| 1864 - 822 pages
...Let us alone ; Time driveth onward fast, And in a little time our lips are dumb. Let us alone. What is it that will last ? All things are taken from us,...dreadful past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we hare To war with evil ? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave P All things have... | |
| English literature - 1845 - 678 pages
...floating about me of Mammon and bankruptcy. " Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing ware ? All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence, ripen, fall, and cease. Oive us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream.... | |
| England - 1849 - 822 pages
...And in a little while our lips are dninl). LA-I as alone. What is it that will lost ? All things »re taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful past. I ¿et us alone. What pleasures can we have To war» with evil ? 1ч there any peace In ever climbing... | |
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