 | Frederic William Farrar - 1833 - 142 oldal
...my heart of hearts." And our great living poets sing — " Oh, well for him whose will is strong ! But ill for him who, bettering not with time, Corrupts...strength of heaven-descended will, And ever weaker grows through acted crime." The latter is like the traitor who deserts to the enemy, or who, flying from... | |
 | 1857 - 830 oldal
...Listen. The first verse is about the glory of a healthy will in a man ; the second proceeds, — ' But ill for him who, bettering not with time. Corrupts the strength of heaven -descended Will, And ever weaker grows through noted crime, Or teeming-yenial, reniai fault,... | |
 | Emily Jolly - 1860 - 318 oldal
... 600055952W BY THE AUTHOR OF " CASTE," ETC., ETC. " But ill for him who, bettering not with time, Corrupts...strength of heaven-descended Will, And ever weaker grows through acted crime." IN THKEE VOLUMES. VOL. n. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS SUCCESSORS TO... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 oldal
...with turbulent sound, In middle ocean meets the surging shock, Tempest-buffeted, citadel-crown'd. 2. But ill for him who, bettering not with time, Corrupts the strength of ^heavej^descended Will, And ever weaker grows thro' acted crime, Or seeming-genial venial fault, Recurring... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 468 oldal
...with turbulent sound, In middle ocean meets the surging shock, Tempest-buffeted, citadel-crown'd. 2. But ill for him who, bettering not with time, Corrupts...crime Or seeming-genial venial fault, Recurring and suggestmg still ! He seems as one whose footsteps halt, Toiling in immeasurable sand, And o'er a weary... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 352 oldal
...WORKING PEOPLE, AND TO SPREAD BONDAGE OVER ALL THE LAND. DELIVERED ON THE EVENING OF MAY 7. " Oh ! ill for him, who, bettering not with time, Corrupts...strength of Heaven-descended will, And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial venial fault, — Recurring and suggesting still ! He seems... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 340 oldal
...WORKING PEOPLE, AND TO SPREAD BONDAGE OVER ALL THE LAND. DELIVERED ON THE EVENING OF MAY 7. " Oh ! ill for him, who, bettering not with time, Corrupts...strength of Heaven-descended will, And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial venial fault, — Recurring and suggesting still ! He seems... | |
 | Helen Carr - 1865 - 356 oldal
...dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses." Comus. " Toiling in immeasurable sand, And o'er a weary sultry land, Far beneath a blazing vault The city sparkles like a grain of salt." Tennyson, THY turrets, noble science ! glitter far, Wide wastes... | |
 | Frederick Arnold - 1866 - 494 oldal
...will is strong ! He suffers, but he will not suffer long ; He suffers, but he cannot suffer wrong. But ill for him who, bettering not with time, Corrupts...strength of heaven-descended will, And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still ! 266 OF THE AFFECTIONS.... | |
 | Frederick Arnold - 1869 - 414 oldal
...acted crime, Or seeming-genial venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still ! 266 OF THE AFFECTIONS. He seems as one whose footsteps halt, Toiling in immeasurable sand, And o'er a weary, sultry land, Far heneath a hlazing vault." The exclusive education of the will hardens the heart into adamant. The non-education... | |
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He seems as one whose footsteps halt, Toiling in immeasurable sand, And o'er a weary, sultry land, Far beneath a blazing vault, Sown in a wrinkle of the monstrous hill, The city sparkles like a grain of salt. 
