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... Poems - Page 106by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Alford - Greek poetry - 1841 - 272 pages
...(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 outward Life with ornament,... | |
| Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1898 - 682 pages
...hinted weeks ago, be wise to recognise the claims of justice, in the person of Pallas Athene ; since " Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence." Give the award where it is due : — " O Paris, Give it to Pallas I " You will, I know. And, for Heaven's... | |
| United States - 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 blazons outward life with ornament... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...(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 of guerdon could not alter me... | |
| Henry Allon - Christianity - 1884 - 548 pages
...reward other than that of seeking all which is noble and true and of good report, of men who felt that because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence, Pascal knew nothing ; he was, as every man is, the child of his time, and it would have been as impossible... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1846 - 252 pages
...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, hearken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon could not alter... | |
| Anne Caldwell Marsh-Caldwell - English fiction - 1851 - 362 pages
...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 my family... | |
| Barbarina Charlotte Grey (hon. lady.) - 1852 - 352 pages
...haste ; still the full heart Had not imparted half ; 'twas happiness Too exquisite to last ! BLAIR. — Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. TENNYSON. ALL now went smoothly ; everybody looked happy in their different ways. Arthur was in a state... | |
| Henry William Herbert - 1853 - 252 pages
...his own private chamber whither none dared intrude unsummoned. CHAPTER XI. THE RELEASE. And, for that right is right, to follow right Were wisdom, in the scorn of consequence, TENMVSOW. PAULLUS ARVINA sat alone in a small chamber of his own house. Books were before him, his... | |
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