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
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 532 pages
...order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of ah1 the western stars, until I die. It may be that the...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... | |
| Public school series - 1874 - 408 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; One... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1874 - 200 pages
...f0reheads-you and I are old ; ^3thcjyethis honour and his toiU So^;' : buts0rr the end, ^HC/J to t\v Tlv Af, It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may...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;... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 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... | |
| English poetry - 1876 - 564 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... | |
| Homer - 1875 - 156 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...Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew." CHAPTER XI. CONCLUDING EEMARKS. THE resemblance which these Homeric poems bear, in many remarkable... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 584 pages
...in order, smite The sounding farrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, wbem we knew. Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1875 - 356 pages
...my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. ca It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may...Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. T ho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' Vie are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1876 - 452 pages
...my purpose holds We are not now that strength which in old 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* (days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are; (we are -, One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 314 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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