Hold thou the good; define it well;
For fear divine Philosophy
Should push beyond her mark, and be
Procuress to the Lords of Hell.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
-- In Memoriam, liii, Stanza 4
For fear divine Philosophy
Should push beyond her mark, and be
Procuress to the Lords of Hell.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
-- In Memoriam, liii, Stanza 4
Related:
- Short swallow-flights of song, that dip
Their wings in tears,
and skim away. -- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) --... - The great world's altar-stairs,
That slope through darkness up to God.
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, lv, Stanza... - Her eyes are homes of silent prayer.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
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In Memoriam, xxxii, Stanza... - Oh yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of ill.
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, liv, Stanza... - And Thought leapt out to wed with Thought
Ere Thought could wed itself with Speech.
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, xxiii... - Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
Alfred Lord Tennyson, (1809-1892) In Memoriam, 1850... - I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'T is better to have loved and lost Than never to have... - One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event
To which the whole creation moves.
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, Conclusion... - Large elements in order brought,
And tracts of calm from tempest made,
And world-wide fluctuation sway'd, In vassal tides...
