 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863
...•'""How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnished, not to shine in use ! As though to breathe were life. Life piled on life Were all too little, and of one to me Little remains . T>ut every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things ; and... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864
...ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use! as tho' to breathe were life. Life piled on life were...one to me little remains: but every hour is saved 526 Passages for Translation from that eternal silence, something more, a bringer of new things ; and... | |
 | M. T. Downing - English poetry - 1867 - 379 pages
...an end, To rest unburnished not to shine in use ! As though to breathe were life. Life piled on lifo Were all too little and of one to me Little remains; but every hour is saved A bringer of new things, and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1868 - 879 pages
...ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use ! As tho' to breathe were life. Life piled on life Were...something more, A bringer of new things ; and vile it were And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge, like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost... | |
 | Edward Thring - English language - 1868 - 368 pages
...p. 264. ULYSSES. Conditional Sentences. Condition implied. Life piled on life Were all too little. Vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself. p. 266. Second Clause wanting. As tho' to breathe were life. p. 269. LOCKSLEY HALL. Conditional Sentences.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872
...make an end, To rust nnburnish'd, not to ehine In use ! As tho' to breathe were life. Life piled OD life Were all too little, and of one to me Little...bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three eims to store and hoard myself, Aud this gniy spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge, like a... | |
 | Science - 1873
...say : " How dull to pause, to make an end, • To rust nnbnrnished, not to shine in use t As though to breathe were life. Life piled on life Were all .too little, and of one to me Too little remains ; hut every hour is saved • From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer... | |
 | Living voices - English poetry - 1873 - 546 pages
...ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use ! As tho' to breathe were life. Life piled on life Were...some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this grey spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of... | |
 | Science - 1873
...use ! As though to breathe were life. Life piled on life Were all too little, and of one to me Too little remains ; but every hour is saved From that...bringer of new things ; and vile it were For some [few] suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1873
...dnll it is to pause, to make an end, To rnat imlninii-h'rt, not to shine in nee ! As tho' to hreathe were life. Life piled on life Were all too little, and of one to me Little remaius : hnt every honr is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A hringer of new things;... | |
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As tho' to breathe were life. Life piled on life Were all too little, and of one to me Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard... 
