How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise, Who wears his manhood hale and green: And dare we to this fancy give, That had the wild oat not been sown, The soil, left barren, scarce had grown The grain... In memoriam [by A. Tennyson]. - Page 76by Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1870Full view - About this book
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Grief - 1850 - 228 pages
...flecks of sin. Abide : thy wealth is gathered in, When Time hath sunder 'd shell from pearl.' LI. LII. How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among...wears his manhood hale and green ; And dare we to this doctrine give That had the wild oat not been sown, The soil, left barren, had not grown The grain by... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 236 pages
...with flecks of sin. Abide : thy wealth is gathered in, When Time hath sunder 'd shell from pearl.' LI. How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among...wears his manhood hale and green : And dare we to this doctrine give That had the wild oat not been sown, The soil, left barren, had not grown The grain by... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...with flecks of sin. Abide : thy wealth is gathered in, When Time hath sundered shell from pearl." lib How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among...wears his manhood hale and green ; And dare we to jtiis doctrine give, That had the wild oat not been sown, The soil, left barren, had not grown The... | |
| Ireland - 1852 - 892 pages
...the late Marquess of Hertford, and we believe in the truth of Alfred Tennyson's lines : — •• How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among...wears his manhood hale and green : And dare we to this doctrine give That had the wild oat not been sown, The soil, left barren, had not grown The grain by... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 520 pages
...thy wealth is gathered in, When Time hath sundered shell from pearl." LU. How many a father have 1 seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was...wears his manhood hale and green ! And dare we to this doctrine give, That had the wild oat not been sown, The soil, left barren, had not grown The grain... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 211 pages
...shell from pearl.' LII. How many a father havc I seen, A sober man, among his boys, \VIn'«• v<mI Ii was full of foolish noise, Who wears his manhood hale...dare we to this fancy give, That had the wild oat not bcen sown, The soil, left, barren, soaree had grown The grain by which a man may live 1 Oil, if we... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...with flecks of sin. Abide : thy wealth is gathered in, When Time hath sundered shell from pearl." LII. How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among...scarce had grown The grain by which a man may live ? O, if we held the doctrine sound For life outliving heats of youth, Yet who would preach it as a... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...with flecks of sin. Abide : thy wealth is gathered in, When Time hath sundered shell from pearl." LII. How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among...left barren, scarce had grown The grain by which a uian may live 'I O, if we held the doctrine sound For life outliving heats of youth, Yet who would... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...flecks of sin. Abide : thy wealth is gathered in, When Time hath sundered shell from pearl.93 LII. How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among...scarce had grown The grain by which a man may live ? O, if we held the doctrine sound For life outliving heats of youth, Yet who would preach it as a... | |
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