More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands... The works of Tennyson. Sch. ed - Page 72by Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884Full view - About this book
 | 1909 - 340 pages
...and objectivity on these lower planes. This realisation reveals to us that it is indeed a fact that The whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. It widens out our horizon, does it not, even to admit the possibility of such a state of things existing... | |
 | 1883 - 400 pages
...let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats, That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not those hands of prayer, Both for themselves and those who call them friends ? For so the whole round... | |
 | 1864 - 1000 pages
...temples that are made •with hands. A pathetic scene, — recalling the fine words of the poet, — For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. Had the writer of the manifesto, however, witnessed this simple and affecting act of worship, we know... | |
 | 1884 - 626 pages
...let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing...prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friends ? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. —... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 pages
...let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing...now farewell. I am going a long way With these thou see'st—if indeed I go— (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) To the island-valley of Avilion... | |
 | 1842 - 536 pages
...let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing...every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God." Vol. ii. p. 15. The theology of the first part of these lines we must make over to the Oxford Tracts.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 252 pages
...let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing...— (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) To the island- valley of Avilion ; Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1847 - 174 pages
...to me that I am at a spectacle where the Supreme Artist is hid behind the curtain." " For the whole earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God." This little hillock of earth, covered with wild thyme, among which the summer-bees are now murmuring,... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1848 - 284 pages
...King Arthur to his friend Sir Bedivere upon the more, " I am going a long way ' With thefe thou feeft if indeed I go— ' (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) ' To the ifland-valley of Avilion ; ' Where falls not hail, or rain, or any fnow, ' Nor ever wind blows loudly... | |
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