 She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky : Give her the wages of going on, and not to die.  The Holy Grail: And Other Poems - Page 200by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1869 - 406 pages
...have heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly ? She desires no isles of the blest, no qmet seats of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to...sky: Give her the wages of going on, and not to die." " Going on," — this is our strength and song. " Going on," " winning souls for Christ," — this... | |
 | 1871 - 808 pages
...if she aim at glory she is not virtue at all : " She desires no isles of the blest, noquiet seatsof the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in...! Give her the wages of going on, and not to die." This confession cuts away all supposition that Mr. Tennyson attributes any real goodness to the quietude... | |
 | 1871 - 878 pages
...at glory she is not virtue at all : She desires no isles of the blest, no seats of the just, quiet To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer...sky, Give her the wages of going on. and not to die." This confession cuts away all supposition that Mr. Tennyson attributes any real goodness to the quietude... | |
 | 1880 - 494 pages
...Divine Essence, made visible to mortal eyes, in a material form, in compassion to mortal weakness : " The sun, the moon, the stars, the seas, the hills, and the plains, Are Dot these, 0 soul, the vision of Him Who reigns? The ear of man cannot hear, and the eye of man cannot... | |
 | 1884 - 874 pages
...or comparative littleness " Tennyson strikes a true note in the line where he tells us that Virtue " Desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats of the...rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky, Giro her the wages of going on, and not to die." To cease to grow is to begin to decay. Selfsatisfaction... | |
 | Cheltenham College - 1868 - 412 pages
...if the wages of virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly? She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats...To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer skyt GIVE HER THE GLORY OF GOING ON, AND NOT TO DIE. That is not so bad as the Victim, but it is not... | |
 | 1868 - 874 pages
...the wages of Virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly ? She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats...: Give her the wages of going on, and not to die. No. 100. — VOL. xvii. 272 EECOLLECTIONS OF PHILAEET, AECHBISHOP AND METEOPOLITAN OF MOSCOW. THE recent... | |
 | 1868 - 556 pages
...wages of Virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly ? •shc desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats of the...rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky : ¡'ive her the wages of going on, and not to die. No. 100.— VOL. xvn. 272 EECOLLECTIONS OF PHILAEET,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 208 pages
...if the wages of Virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly? She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats...seas, the hills and the plains — Are not these, O Soul, the Vision of Him who reigns ? Is not the Vision He ? tho' He be not that which lie seems ?... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 264 pages
...if the wages of Virtue he dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly? She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats...seas, the hills and the plains — Are not these, O Soul, the Vision of Him who reigns? Is not the Vision He? tho' He be not that which He seems ? Dreams... | |
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