 | 1865 - 962 strani
...price 12s. [0* Tuctiiy. HELEN FELTON'S QUESTION : a Problem, in a Novel. 1 vol. post 8vo. 4 1 bold it truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones. That men may rise on stopping stones Of their dead selves to higher things.' The GREAT SCHOOLS of ENGLAND : a Synoptical... | |
 | 1884 - 656 strani
...children -who will follow their own wilful way. It may be God's way of saving them after all. " I hold it truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers...stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." ealjr 0f AND now that Sarah was dead, Abraham came to mourn and to weep over her. But was not Abraham... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 strani
...largest amount of unanimity, wisdom, and virtue."— Gni:ot: Preface to the " Life of Washiaffloii" " I held it truth with him who sings To one clear harp...stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." Tennyton't " /» Memvriam." SCRAPS. TIIE SCHOLAR'S BREECHES. Mr son was lately obliged, under stress... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 strani
...where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise. 1849. IN MEMORIAM AHH OBIIT MDCCCXXXIII. I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp...And find in loss a gain to match ? Or reach a hand through time to catch The far-off interest of tears ? Let Love clasp Grief lest both be drowned, ;... | |
 | Rugby sch - 1850 - 176 strani
...bowing to it as a despot. Perfection is- above us, and we should strive to mount the ladder, knowing that men may " rise on< stepping-stones of their dead selves to higher things." It is not therefore at all inconsistent with present energy to look back into the past, thougJi to... | |
 | 1851 - 582 strani
...explain the reference in the following verse, the first in this beautiful series of poems : •• I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp...on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher thing*. " The following stanza, also in the poem numbered 87., much needs interpretation : *' Or cooled... | |
 | 1851 - 568 strani
...able to explain the reference in the following verse, the first in this beautiful series of poems : " I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, 1 hat men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." The following stanza,... | |
 | 1851 - 724 strani
...on the too familiar simplicity which spoiled some of his earlier writings. It opens finely : — " I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tone«, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher tilings. " But who shall... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 strani
...familiar simplicity which spoiled some of his earlier writings. It opens finely : — " I held it troth, with him -who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may nse on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. " But who shall so forecast the years,... | |
 | 1893 - 404 strani
...world." — The Passing of Arthur. "Better not be at all than not be noble." — The Princess. "I hold it truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers...stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." — In Memoriam. "Hower'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more... | |
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I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on steppingstones Of their dead selves to higher things. 
