 | Albert Newton Raub - 1880 - 280 pages
...the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath. — Shakespeare. 6. I hold, in truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. — Tennyson. 7. An effort made for... | |
 | Abram Henry Herbert Orpen- Palmer - 1880 - 424 pages
...standing, as it were, on the slain body of carnal lusts and affections. " I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to better things." As out from the corrupted seed revives,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1881 - 742 pages
...Forgive them where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise. 1849. t. I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. But who shall so forecast the years... | |
 | 1881 - 1180 pages
...difficulties to those who are less educated than the writer. So long as "In Memoriam" is read people will ask, Who " sings to one' clear harp in divers tones, that men may rise on steppingstones of their dead selves to higher tilings"? What is the meaning of "Before the... | |
 | Occasional thoughts - 1881 - 162 pages
...gradually attain to humility, patience, courage, and victory over self. " I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." TENNYSON. When one has been indulging... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 pages
...he trip and fall, He shall not blind his soul with clay. Ibid. Canto vii. I held it truth, with him 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. \. Never morning wore To... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 48 pages
...sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things." " I hold, in truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." '" Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 pages
...And in thy wisdom make me wise. IN MEMORIA M. AHH OBIIT MDCCCXXX11I. I. I IIELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones. That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. But who shall so forecast the years... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1883 - 156 pages
...In this stanza, two rhyming verses come between other two ; e. <j. : — " I held it truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping -stones Of their dead selves to higher things. •' But who shall so forecast the... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 pages
...though he trip and fall, He shall not blind his sonl with clay. The Princem. I held it truth, with him 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. "Tis better to have loved... | |
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I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. 
