 | Henry Alford - 1841 - 272 pages
...cloud, Yet not for power (power of herself Will come uncalled-for) but to live by law Acting the law we live by without fear, 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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1843 - 260 pages
...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, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1897 - 986 pages
...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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...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, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, barken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 pages
...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, 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 - 1851 - 362 pages
...alone lend life to sovereign power: Yet not for power .... . . . .' But to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear; And because right is right, to follow right, Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. TENNYSON. "You have insulted my creed — you have insulted my country — you have insulted... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 276 pages
...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 right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die, Again she said: ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 286 pages
...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 right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, barken ere I die, Again she said: ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel... | |
 | 1856 - 602 pages
...their own most idolised teachers told us all that it is our bounden duty "To live by law Acting the law we live by without fear ; And because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence." And, when we speak of the Gospel, it is superfluous to add where alone we believe it... | |
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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 uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear; And, because right is right, to follow... 
