 Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace? we have made them a curse, Pickpockets, each hand lusting for all that is not its own; And lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain, is it better or worse Than the heart of the citizen hissing in war on his own...  The Pardoner's Wallet - Stran 110avtor: Samuel McChord Crothers - 1905 - 287 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Sir Edward James Reed - 1880 - 452 strani
...cyclone begins to spin and advance. Among men it is the same. What says our own laureate ? "Why do we prate of the blessings of Peace? We have made them a curse." And what says the native historian of Japan under the Tokugawas ? " The profound peace which Japan... | |
 | 1876 - 534 strani
...even over the rugged existence of the battling ages that we have been attempting to recall to-night. Why do they prate of the blessings of peace ? we have...the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have faith... | |
 | 1882 - 552 strani
...causing him to loose all faith in the honesty of the age, against which he thus wildly rails — " Why do they prate of the blessings of peace ? We have...the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? "But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When, who but a fool, would have... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1881 - 742 strani
...broad estate and the Hall, Dropt off gorged from a scheme that had left us flaccid and drain'd. VI. Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have...the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? vIL But these arc the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 348 strani
...broad estate and the Hall, Dropt off gorged from a scheme that had left us flaccid and drain'd. VI. Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have...the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? vn. But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 strani
...broad estate and the Hall, Dropt off gorged from a scheme that had left us flaccid and drain' d. TI. Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have...or worse Than the heart of the citizen hissing in w»r on his own hearthstone ? MAUD. '' I hate tlie dreadful hollow behtnd the ltttle wood." VII. 3ut... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1883 - 740 strani
...from a scheme that had left us flaccid and drain'd. Why do they prate of the blessings of I'eace ? we have made them a curse, Pickpockets, each hand...gain, in the spirit of Cain, is it better or worse Tha.1 the heart of the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? But these are the days of advance,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 526 strani
...broad estate and the Hall, Dropt off gorged from a scheme that had left us flaccid and drain'd. VI. Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have...gain, in the spirit of Cain, is it better or worse VII. But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1886 - 694 strani
...the broad estate and the Hall, Dropt off gorged from a scheme that had left us flaccid and drain 'd. Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have...the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? VII. But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1889 - 894 strani
...broad estate and the Hall, Dropt off gorged from a scheme that had left us flaccid and drain'd. VI. Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have...the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have faith... | |
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