 Thou wilt not leave us in the dust : Thou madest man, he knows not why, He thinks he was not made to die ; And thou hast made him : thou art just.  Poems - Page 3by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - 879 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1884 - 204 pages
...thrown it on the dust which thou hast made f" And Tennyson writes — "Strong son of God, Immortal love Thou madest death, and lo ! thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made," put in thy horns, 0 Snail, but otherwise no one is much moved by the striking coincidence, and Mr.... | |
 | George Grove - Music - 1883 - 782 pages
...undying words by the great poet of our own day;— Thrvu wilt not leave us in the dust; He thinks lie was not made to die ; And Thou hast made him : Thou art just. Thou madest man, he knows not why ; Let knowledffp grow from more to more, lint more of reverence in VIH... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - American wit and humor - 1883 - 264 pages
...it on the dust which thou hast made ? " And Tennyson writes — " Strong Son of God, Immortal love Thou madest death, and lo ! thy foot Is on the skull which tkou hast made" put in thy horns, O Snail, but otherwise no one is much moved by the striking coincidence,... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott - Bible - 1884 - 612 pages
...covenant was a peculiar promise to Israel. Tennyson has put the same thought into verse : " Thou nmdest man. he knows not why ; He thinks he was not made to die ; And Thou hast made him : Thou art just." In Mcmoriam. d) Comp Pss. ciii. 6, civ. 27, cvii. 9, exxxvi. 25 ; Isa. Iv. 1 Here follow five lines,... | |
 | 1884 - 868 pages
...Believing where we cannot prove. Thou wilt not leave us in tie dust : Thou madebt man, he knows not why j He thinks he was not made to die; And Thou hast made him : Thou art just. Thou seciocst human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood Thou : Our wills aro ours, we know not how... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - Bible - 1884 - 604 pages
...Israel. Tennyson has put the same thought into verse : " Thou madest man, he knows not why ; He thinks ho was not made to die ; And Thou hast made him : Thou art just." In Mcmoriam. (7) Comp Pss. ciii. 6, civ. 27, cvii. 9, cxxxvi. 25 ; Isa. Iv. 1. Here follow five lines,... | |
 | Graham Hough - Literary Collections - 1978 - 260 pages
...truth.'3 In the passages on immortality in In Memoriam the same idea is repeated in several forms: Thou wilt not leave us in the dust: Thou madest man,...made to die; And thou hast made him: thou art just. (In Memoriam, Prologue) 1 Ibid., Aphorism evil. 2 Aids to Reflection, Aphorism cxxm (c). 3 Memoir,... | |
 | Poetry - 1982 - 348 pages
...alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute; Thou madest Death; and, lo, Thy foot Is on the skull which Thou hast made. Forgive these wild and wandering cries, Confusions of a wasted youth; Forgive them where they fail... | |
 | Richard Machin, Christopher Norris - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 422 pages
...general, to "he", as if arrogating the stance of a detached, superior - even rather derisive - observer: Thou madest man, he knows not why, He thinks he was...made to die; And thou hast made him; thou art just. There is a perfectly good argument here, if we waive the point that its premises are a matter of "faith... | |
 | Lance St. John Butler - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 244 pages
...alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute; Thou madest Death and lo, Thy foot Is on the skull which thou has made. Thou wilt not leave us in the dust: Thou madest man, he knows not why, He thinks he was not... | |
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