 I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.  STORIES OF AUTHORS - Page 50by EDWIN WATTS CHUBB - 1910Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew .. _ Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words A i HI courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that... | |
 | Criticism - 1861 - 1148 pages
...room. The grand aim of the book is well summed up in the lines from Tennyson, on the title-page : " Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words, And -ourtliness, and the desire of fame, AndMove of truth, and all that... | |
 | 1897 - 986 pages
...Idealized— humanized in a word— Is .a chief instrument of our ethical life: its office:— . . . not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thoughts and amiable words. And love of truth, and all that makes a man. Once more. Those great ethical laws which dominate private... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, N' it only to keep Jown the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 1194 pages
...former transgressions with him. "For, indeed, I know Of no more subtle master, under heaven, Than it the maiden passion for a maid ; Not only to keep down the base in moil. But loach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1894 - 664 pages
...The comparison is interesting from an historic«! no lees than from a literary point of view : — For indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than ia the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in nun, But teach high thought, and... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1894 - 664 pages
...Fooles.' The comparison is interesting from an historical no less than from a literary point of view :— For indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than ii the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...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 heaven...only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 620 pages
...To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven...only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that... | |
 | Wales - 1859 - 364 pages
...love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven...only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that... | |
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