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" Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they will ; and many a time they come, Until this earth he walks on seems not earth, This light that strikes his eyeball is not light, This air that smites his forehead is not air But vision — yea, his... "
The Holy Grail - Page 92
by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1901 - 132 pages
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science ..., Volume 14; Volume 77

American literature - 1871 - 808 pages
...definite work to do, which done, but not before, he can afford to dream. After it is done he says : " Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they...light, This air that smites his forehead is not air, But vision — yea, his very hand and foot — In moments when he feels he cannot die, And knows himself...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 195

Literature - 1892 - 890 pages
...given to plough, Who may not wander from the allotted field Before his work be done ; but being done Let visions of the night, or of the day Come as they...light, This air that smites his forehead is not air, But vision, — yea his very hand and foot — In moments when he feels he cannot die, And knows himself...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 109

American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...definite work to do, which done, but not before, he can afford to dream. After it is done he says : " Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they...will ; and many a time they come, Until this earth he walka on seems not earth, This light that strikes his eyeball is not light, This air that smites his...
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The Christian world magazine (and family visitor)., Volume 17

1881 - 996 pages
...allotted field Before his work be done ; but, being done, Let visions of the night or of the day Oome as they will, and many a time they come. Until this...This light that strikes his eye-ball is not light, The air that smites his forehead is not air, But vision — yea, his very hand and foot — In moments...
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The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 264 pages
...given to plough, Who may not wander from the allotted field Before bis work be done ; bat, being done, Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they...light, This air that smites his forehead is not air But vision— yea, his very hand and foot— In moments when he feels he cannot die, And knows himself...
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The Holy Grail: And Other Poems

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 216 pages
...given to plough, Who may not wander from the allotted field Before his work be done ; but, being done, Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they...light, This air that smites his forehead is not air But vision — yea, his very hand and foot — In moments when he feels he cannot die, And knows himself...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 131

English literature - 1870 - 610 pages
...given to plough, Who may not wander from the allotted field, Before his work be done ; but, being done, Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they...light. This air that smites his forehead is not air, But vision — yea, his very hand and foot — In moments when ho feels he cannot die. And knows himself...
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The Holy Grail: And Other Poems

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Arthurian romances - 1870 - 242 pages
...given to plough, Who may not wander from the allotted field, Before his work be done ; but, being done, Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they...light, This air that smites his forehead is not air But vision — yea, his very hand and foot — In moments when he feels he cannot die, And knows himself...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 29

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1870 - 750 pages
...given to plough. Who may not wander from the allotted field Before his work be done ; but, being done, Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they...light, This air that smites his forehead is not air But vision.'" There has been of late a good deal of discussion as to whether Tennyson is really a great...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 13

Great Britain - 1870 - 494 pages
...given to plough, Who may not wander from the allotted field, Before his work bo done ; but, being done, Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they...light, This air that smites his forehead is not air But vision — yea, his very hand and foot — In moments when he feels he cannot die, And knows himself...
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