We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. English Poems from Chaucer to Kipling - Page 233edited by - 1902 - 401 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1918 - 416 pages
...heart Much have I seen and known ; . . . . My purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset and the baths Of all the western stars until I die. It may be that...down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles.' Homer and Herodotus are full of travellers' tales. For this ancient world almost all real travel was... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...in order, smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ;... | |
| England - 1842 - 538 pages
...in order, smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ;... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 pages
...in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ;... | |
| 1844 - 714 pages
...in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ;... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ;... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1846 - 254 pages
...in order, smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ;... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - Literary Collections - 1848 - 372 pages
...in order, smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ;... | |
| Electronic journals - 1879 - 674 pages
...in order, smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And вес the great Achilles whom we knew." JONATHAN BOUCHIKB. Bexley Heath, Kent. PRATER OF MARY QUEEN... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 290 pages
...in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved... | |
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