The wages of sin is death : 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 of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky: Give... The Holy Grail: And Other Poems - Página 148por Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 222 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1869 - 406 páginas
...Give her the glory of going on and still to be. The wages of sin is death : if the wages of virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life...and the fly ? She desires no isles of the blest, no qmet seats of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky: Give her the wages of... | |
| 1871 - 846 páginas
...; if she aim at glory she is not virtue at all : "She desires no isles of the blest, no quiei seata of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask...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... | |
| 1884 - 874 páginas
...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 páginas
...Give her the glory of going on>and still to be. The wages oT sin is death ; if the wages of virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life...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 - 872 páginas
...Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages of sin is death : if the wages of Virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life...: Give her the wages of going on, and not to die. ALFRED TEXXYSOX. 224 EVERY SATURDAY: f яггша 0f Cjmkc IJgeabittg, SELECTED FROM FOREIGN CURRENT... | |
| 1868 - 874 páginas
...Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages of sin is death : if the wages of Virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life...golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky : Give her the wagcs of going on, and not to die. No. 100. — VOL. xvrr. EECOLLECTIONS OF PHILAEET, AECHBISHOP AND... | |
| 274 páginas
...Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages of sin is death : if the wages of virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life...the worm and the fly ' She desires no isles of the blost ; no quiet seats of the just; To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky : Give her... | |
| 1868 - 556 páginas
...Wve her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages of sin is death : if the 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 just, To rest in a golden grove, or to... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 216 páginas
...Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages of sin is death: if the wages of Virtue be dust, Would she have heart to endure for the life of the worm and the fly? I She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats of the just, To rest in a golden grove, or to bask... | |
| 1870 - 976 páginas
...Give her the glory of going on, and still to be. The wages of sin is death ; if the wages of virtue be dust. Would she have heart to endure for the life of the worm or the fly ? She desires no isles of the blestj no quiet seats of the just, To rest in a golden grove,... | |
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