 It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.  Recitations at Whitnash rectory - Page 12by Whitnash rectory - 1866 - 15 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1882 - 432 pages
...the imagination, leave upon the soul a most profound impression of the author's genius. "ULYSSES. " It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among those barren crags, Matched with an aged wife, I meet and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - 412 pages
...bufl'ct round the hills from bluff to bluff. ULYSSES. IT liitlc profits that an idle king, By Ibis still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with...know not me I cannot rest from travel : I will drink oo eo eo o o eo oo oo «^» . eo o oo "eo « Ifflces of tenderness, and pay I adoration to my household... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 526 pages
...steep slate-quurry, and the great echo flap And buffet round the hills, from bluff to bluff. ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still...That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. 104 105 I cannot rest from travel :.-! will drink Life "to the lees : all times I lu,ve enjoy'd Greatly,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pages
...profits, that, an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags,1 Matched with an aged wife,2 I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard and sleep and feed, and know not me. I can not rest from travel : I will drink Life to the lees.3 All times I have enjoyed Greatly, have suffered... | |
 | William Henry Hastings Kelke - 1885 - 332 pages
...divisions and deluged it with blood, now suddenly bound together by the closest ties of alliance." " It little profits that, an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an aged wile, I mete and dole Unequal laws uuto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...the Odyssey. In these noble lines, our poet represents Ulysses as the type of all aspiring souls.] IT little profits, that, an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags,1 Matched with an aged wife,2 I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard and... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...world "— '. To follow knowledge, like a sinking star, Beyond the utmosi honnd of human thonght."] It little profits that, an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard and sleep and... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 344 pages
...I know That, wheresoe'er I am by night and day, All earth and air seem only burning fire. UL YSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1887 - 508 pages
...ULYSSES. IT little profits that an Idle klnff, By this etill hearth, among these bar. ren crags, Matrh'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage rare, That hoard, and sleep, aiid feed, and know not me T cannot rest from travel : I will drink Life... | |
 | John Gibson - 1888 - 98 pages
...divisions and deluged it with blood, now suddenly bound together by the closest ties of alliance." " It little profits that, an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep,... | |
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