| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 340 pages
...noble till the latest day ! May children of our children say, ' She wrought her people lasting good ; ' Her court was pure ; her life serene ; God gave her...reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen ; ' And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - 412 pages
...! May children of our children say, "She wrought her people lusting good; "Her court was pure; nor life serene; God gave her peace ; her land reposed...reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen ; "And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons, when to take Occasion by the hand, and make... | |
| New England - 1906 - 858 pages
...glorious and beneficent reign has closed. 'Well has Tennyson voiced the judgment of the world upon her. "A thousand claims to reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen." What a noble example she has left to her son, the present King, and her grandson, the German Emperor,... | |
| United Empire Loyalist Centennial Committee, Toronto - Adolphustown (Ont.) - 1885 - 342 pages
...Laureate prophesied that our children's children would say of Her: " She wrought her people lasting good, Her court was pure, her life serene, God gave her...reverence closed In her as mother, wife and queen.'' To-day this forecast is abundantly verified. But, ladies and gentlemen, it is not proper for me to... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 302 pages
...till the latest day ! May children of your children say, ' She wrought her people lasting good ; ' Her court was pure ; her life serene ; God gave her...reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen ; ' And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1885 - 526 pages
...noble till the latest day ! May children of our children say, " She wrought her people lasting good; " Her court was pure ; her life serene ; God gave her...reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen; " And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1886 - 694 pages
...yokes with empire, yield you time To make demand of modern rhyme If aught of ancient worth be there ; ' Her court was pure ; her life serene ; God gave her...reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen ; Then — while a sweeter music wakes, And thro' wild March the throstle calls, Where all about your... | |
| Charles Bullock - 1887 - 220 pages
...upon it, the Laureate might have written the testimony which subsequently fell from his pen : — " Her court was pure, her life serene : God gave her...reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen." pure and happy home-life among her subjects. Graceful and considerate acts of thoughtfulness and tender... | |
| 1887 - 468 pages
...inextricably associated. The historian of the future will adopt the language of our living poet, and say : ' Her Court was pure, her life serene ; God gave her...reverence closed In her as mother, wife, and queen." The late Earl of Carlisle once happily observed that the glories of her Majesty's reign were ' the... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1887 - 508 pages
...people lasting good, * Her court was pure ; her life serene ; God gave her peace ; her land reposed 5 A thousand claims to reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife and Queen ; 'And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make... | |
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