 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
 | Elisabeth Luther Cary - 1898 - 418 strani
...nerve o'er which do creep the elseunfelt oppressions of this earth,"1 and asks with impatience : " Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have...made them a curse. Pickpockets, each hand lusting lor all that is not its own ; And lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain, is it better or worse Than the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1899 - 382 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 ? VII But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - 886 strani
...may leave me alone — You never have borne a child — you are just as hard as stone." — Rizpah. " Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have...the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? " And the vitriol madness flushes up in the ruffian's head, Till the filthy by-lane rings to the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1900 - 752 strani
...from a scheme that had left us flaccid and drain'd. VI. Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace 1 we have made them a curse, Pickpockets, each hand...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 - 1908 - 996 strani
...drain'd. VI. Why do they prate of the blessings of 1'eace ? we have made them a curse, 1'iekpoekets, each hand lusting for all that is not its own; And...the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone 1 But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have failli... | |
 | Arthur Stanley - 1901 - 408 strani
...the charge they made! Honour the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred ! LXVIII THE USE OF WAR Tennyson. WHY do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? We have...the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? Peace sitting under her olive, and slurring the days gone by, When the poor are hovell'd and hustled... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1902 - 358 strani
...broad estate and the Hall, Dropt off gorged from a scheme that had left us flaccid and drain'd. 20 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, 25 When who but a fool would have... | |
 | Great Britain. Board of Education - 1902 - 662 strani
...view that by avoidance of the subject, his teacher lias inofVectually tried to conceal from him. " 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... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1902 - 662 strani
...left us flaccid and drain'd. Why do they prate of the blessing of Peace? we have made them a curve. Pickpockets, each hand lusting for all that is not...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... | |
 | Sir Alfred C. Lyall - 1902 - 212 strani
...blessings of Peace; if pickpockets, burglars, and swindlers are to flourish, he infinitely prefers "the heart of the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone," the ardour of battle, the supreme struggle that turns every man into a patriot and a soldier. Clearly... | |
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