There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine... Poems - Page 70by Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845Full view - About this book
| 1871
...alone — what of that ? We are all the nearer to eternal youth. And even now, God helping ns, — " Some work of noble note may yet be done, Not unbecoming men" — who work for God. And we shall labour none the worse for thinking, as we labour, of that shining... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872 - 360 pages
...have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder und the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads — you and I are old ; Old age hath yet his honor aud his toil; Death closes all: but something ere the end, Sume work of uoble note, may yet be... | |
| Science - 1894 - 900 pages
...hope : " It may be that the gnlfs will wash us down, It may be we shall toncb the Happy Isles, "... but something ere the end, Some work of noble note may yet be done.'1 * ''TEACH, and let the examination take care of itself," was the advice given by Mr. A. £.... | |
| 1873 - 184 pages
...Alban hesitated no longer,, and taking the first turn, made straight for the riverside. CHAPTER XIII. " Death closes all. But something ere the end, Some work of noble note may yet be done." TENNYSON. was a strange scene which men witnessed that night in Muncaster, a scene that was to be remembered... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me, — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and...foreheads, — you and I are old ; Old age hath yet his honor and his toil; Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be... | |
| James Mason Hoppin, J. M. (James Mason) Hoppin - History - 1874 - 448 pages
...something remained for him to do that was still worthier and greater : "Old age hath yet his honor and his toil; Death closes all : but something ere...be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with gods." A hearty letter from his true friend, Commodore Smith, greeted him in Portsmouth, 1ST. H., on his return,... | |
| James Mason Hoppin - United States - 1874 - 478 pages
...something remained for him to do that was still worthier and greater : "Old age hath yet his honor and his toil; Death closes all : but something ere...be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with gods." A hearty letter from his true friend, Commodore Smith, greeted him in Portsmouth, NH, on his return,... | |
| James Mason Hoppin - United States - 1874 - 464 pages
...something remained for him to do that was still worthier and greater : "Old age hath yet his honor and his toil; Death closes all : but something ere...note, may yet be done. Not unbecoming men that strove \vith gods." A hearty letter from his true friend, Commodore Smith, greeted him in Portsmouth, NH,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 pages
...gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me, — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and...and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads, — you and 1 are old ; Old age hath yet his honor and his toil; Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 pages
...gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and...foreheads — you and I are old ; Old age hath yet his honor and his toil ; Death closes all : but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yetbe... | |
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