 A glorious company, the flower of men, To serve as model for the mighty world, And be the fair beginning of a time. I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King,...  Old England: Its Scenery, Art, and People - Page 447by James Mason Hoppin - 1868 - 468 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride...To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship by her years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under... | |
 | 1861 - 1050 pages
...— " To reverence the King as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, — To break the heathen and uphold the Christ,— To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, — To spenk no slander, no, nor listen to it, — To lead sweet lives iu purest chastity, — To love one... | |
 | English literature - 1859 - 586 pages
...their conscience as their king, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redeeming human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen...To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one mnidcn only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 256 pages
...and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, 19 To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden... | |
 | 1860 - 886 pages
...and mrear To reverence the king, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their king ; To break the heathen, and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To apeak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To lead sweet liven in purest chastity ; To love one maiden... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1861 - 570 pages
...and swear To reverence the king, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak uo slander, no, nor listen to it, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only,... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 412 pages
...lines : 1 To reverence the King as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, — To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, — To...worship her by years of noble deeds. Until they won her' ; and the rest, — * ' high thoughts, and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame,... | |
 | Francis Talbot O'Donoghue - Cornish literature - 1864 - 318 pages
...drawn in that fair order of the Table Bound — "A glorious company, the flower of men," who were " To ride abroad redressing human wrongs ; To speak...her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her." Some hours had elapsed before Trelawney could quit a place fraught with so many stirring recollections... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Peterson - Clothing and dress - 1864 - 908 pages
...and its bitter philosophy. " It sounds well enough fitted for any age, I think," said Miss Conway : "'To break the heathen and uphold the Christ: To ride abroad redressing human wrongs; To »peak no slander— no, nor listen to it' J it not so it goes ?" " ' To break the heathen' is done... | |
 | 1865 - 644 pages
...the book of his own experience, that it is not only much nobler, but more solidly satisfactory — ' To love one maiden only, cleave to her And worship her by years of noble deeds Until (be) win her/ than to know to the uttermost ' madness and folly;' that all is iwt vanity — that continuance... | |
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