 who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.  In Memoriam - Pagina 7door Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 126 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1865 - 962 pagina’s
...price 12s. [0* Tuctiiy. HELEN FELTON'S QUESTION : a Problem, in a Novel. 1 vol. post 8vo. 4 1 bold it truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones. That men may rise on stopping stones Of their dead selves to higher things.' The GREAT SCHOOLS of ENGLAND : a Synoptical... | |
 | 1884 - 656 pagina’s
...children -who will follow their own wilful way. It may be God's way of saving them after all. " I hold it truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers...stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." ealjr 0f AND now that Sarah was dead, Abraham came to mourn and to weep over her. But was not Abraham... | |
 | 1883 - 498 pagina’s
...will he realize, more vividly every day, the poet's words : — " I held it true with him who singe To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves, to higher things." THE END. obtmnfa: I. — DENHOLME. OUR New... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pagina’s
...largest amount of unanimity, wisdom, and virtue."— Gni:ot: Preface to the " Life of Washiaffloii" " I held it truth with him who sings To one clear harp...stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." Tennyton't " /» Memvriam." SCRAPS. TIIE SCHOLAR'S BREECHES. Mr son was lately obliged, under stress... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pagina’s
...Forgive them where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise. 1849. IN MEMORIAM AHH OBIIT MDCCCXXXIII. I HELD it truth, with him who sings To...And find in loss a gain to match ? Or reach a hand through time to catch The far-off interest of tears ? Let Love clasp Grief lest both be drowned, ;... | |
 | Rugby sch - 1850 - 176 pagina’s
...bowing to it as a despot. Perfection is- above us, and we should strive to mount the ladder, knowing that men may " rise on< stepping-stones of their dead selves to higher things." It is not therefore at all inconsistent with present energy to look back into the past, thougJi to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1851 - 234 pagina’s
...where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise. 1849. IN MEMORIAM AHH OBIIT MDCccxxxirr. I. I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp...to match ? Or reach a hand thro' time to catch The far-oif interest of tears ? Let Love clasp Grief lest both be drown'd, Let darkness keep her raven... | |
 | 1851 - 582 pagina’s
...explain the reference in the following verse, the first in this beautiful series of poems : •• I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp...on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher thing*. " The following stanza, also in the poem numbered 87., much needs interpretation : *' Or cooled... | |
 | 1851 - 568 pagina’s
...able to explain the reference in the following verse, the first in this beautiful series of poems : " I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, 1 hat men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." The following stanza,... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pagina’s
...familiar simplicity which spoiled some of his earlier writings. It opens finely : — " I held it troth, with him -who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may nse on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. " But who shall so forecast the years,... | |
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