 Vain thy onset ! all stands fast. Thou thyself must break at last. Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still. They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee?  Matthew Arnold - Page 27by George William Erskine Russell - 1904 - 265 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1894 - 668 pages
...Glenbank House, Belfast. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.— They out-talked thee, hiee'd tkee, tore thee 1 Better men fared thus before thee , Fired their ringing shot and pass'd Hotly charged—and sank at last. DB V. I'AVKN-l'AYNK. Gifts are the heads of mem'ry's rosary, Whereon ire... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1902 - 896 pages
...previous occasion. As I contemplated his discomfiture, Matthew Arnold's lines rose unbidden to my lips : They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee ? Better...shot and pass'd, Hotly charged — and sank at last. It needed only the substitution of ' She ' for ' They,' to make the analogy perfect. In his conversation... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1902 - 884 pages
...discomfiture, Matthew Arnold's lines rose unbidden to my lips : They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thce, tore thee 1 Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing...shot and pass'd, Hotly charged — and sank at last. It needed only the substitution of ' She ' for ' They,' to make the analogy perfect. In his conversation... | |
 | 1867
...Better men fnretl thud before thee j Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged, — and broke at last. " Charge once more, then, and be dumb ' Let the victors, when they come, \Vhen the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall." FOREIGN NOTES. A CURIOUS discovery has just... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still! They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee. Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged — and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb! Let the victors,... | |
 | English fiction - 1877 - 688 pages
...geese. Let them have it how they will ; Thou art tired ; best be still. They out-talked thee, hissed thee. tore thee? Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed; Hotly charged— and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors when... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1868 - 264 pages
...Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still! They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee. Better...their ringing shot and pass'd, Hotly charged — and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors, when they come, When the forts... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still. They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee? Better...before thee! Fired their ringing shot and pass'd, Hotly charged—and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors, when they come,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...geese. Let them have it how they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still ! They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee. Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged, — and broke at hist. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors,... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - Religion - 1878 - 578 pages
...geese. Let them have it how they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still. ' They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee ? Better men fared thus before thee ! Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged — and broke at last. ' Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors,... | |
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