 | Henry Alford - Greek poetry - 1841 - 272 pages
...Without horizon, bound or shadow or cloud, Yet not for power (power of herself Will come uncalled-for) but to live by law Acting the law we live by without...wisdom, in the scorn of consequence. (Dear mother Ida, hearken ere I die.) Not as men value gold because it tricks And blazons outward Life with ornament,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1843 - 260 pages
...angry cheek Kept watch, waiting decision, made reply. " ' Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power, (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear ; And, because right is right,... | |
 | 1897 - 986 pages
...control. These three alnno lend life to sovereign power. How he indicates us the rule of life: — to live by law, Acting the law we live by without...fear: And, because right is right, to follow right. The thought was always with him. But in the "Princess." in the "Palnce of Art," and the "Vision of... | |
 | United States - 1844 - 671 pages
...(power of herself Will come uncalled for) but to live by lav. Acting the law we live by, without feer ; And because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence (Dear mother Ida, hearken, ere I die !> Not as men value gold — because it tricks And blazons outward life with ornament... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...angry cheek Kept watch, waiting decision, made reply. " ' Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power, (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear ; And, because right is right,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1846 - 252 pages
...three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power, (power of herself Would come uncall'd for), but to live by law, Acting the law we live by...wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, hearken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon could not alter... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 pages
...three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power, (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by...right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the acorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, barken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with... | |
 | Anne Caldwell Marsh-Caldwell - English fiction - 1851 - 362 pages
...self-control, — * These three alone lend life to sovereign power: Yet not for power .... . . . .' But to live by law, Acting the law we live by without...follow right, Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. TENNYSON. "You have insulted my creed — you have insulted my country — you have insulted my family... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 286 pages
...angry cheek Kept watch, waiting decision, made reply. " ' Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet...wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, barken ere I die, Again she said: ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon could not alter me... | |
 | 1855 - 596 pages
...and of acting out his convictions, come what may. "Self-reverence, self knowledge, self-control — These three alone lead life to sovereign power; Yet...the law we live by without fear ; And because right i» right, to follow right Were wisdom, in the SCORN of CONSEQUENCE.'' Here ie a theme upon which we... | |
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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncalled for), but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear; And, because right is right, to follow... 
