 With the standards of the peoples plunging thro' the thunder-storm ; Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battleflags were furl'd In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm...  The works of Alfred, lord Tennyson - Page 45by Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884Full view - About this book
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...battle's flags were furled, In the parliament of man, the federation of the world, There the common cause of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the...kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law." And what is to be this universal law, according to the Age, if not to the poet's meaning? Love? Honour?... | |
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...parliament of men, the federation of the world ; Then the common sense of most shall hold a fretful world in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law. This "vision" maybe a little too highly coloured for common-place business men, but there can be little... | |
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...no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful...kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law. So I triumph 'd, ere my passion sweeping thro' me left me dry, Left me with the palsied heart, and left... | |
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...no longer, and the battle flags are furled, In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful...kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law." Such the nation, such the destiny that we may realize, if at this crisis of our history we have a Congress... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the parliament of man, the federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful...universal law. So I triumph'd, ere my passion sweeping through me left me dry, Left me with the palsied heart, and left me with the jaundiced eye; Eye, to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful...kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law. So I triumph 'd, ere my passion sweeping thro' me left me dry, Left me with the palsied heart, and left... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the parliament of man, the federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful...universal law. So I triumph'd, ere my passion sweeping through me left me dry, Left me with the palsied heart, and left me with the jaundiced eye ; Eye, to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 252 pages
...no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. 1 There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful...realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, laptin universal law. So I triumph 'd, ere my passion sweeping thro' me left me dry, Left me with the... | |
 | 1883 - 500 pages
...battle flags were furled In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world : There the common-sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the...kindly earth shall slumber lapt in universal law." Or as in sublimer language still, where, by an inspired hand written, it has been described as the... | |
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