ISBN: 9781154025811

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1873. Not illustrat… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1873. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... DEDICATION. HESE to His Memory--since he held them dear, Perchance as finding there uncon- sciously Some image of himself--I dedicate, . I dedicate, I consecrate with tears-- These Idylls. And indeed He seems to me Scarce other than my own ideal knight, . ''Who reverenced his conscience as his king; Whose glory was, redressing human wrong; Who spake no slander, no, nor listen''d to it; Who loved one only and who clave to her--'' Her--over all whose realms to their last isle, Commingled with the gloom of imminent war, The shadow of His loss drew like eclipse, Darkening the world. We have lost him: he is gone: . We know him now: all narrow jealousies Are silent; and we see him as he moved, How modest, kindly, all-accomplish''d, wise, With what sublime repression of himself, And in what limits, and how tenderly; Not swaying to this faction or to that; Not making his high place the lawless perch Of wing''d ambitions, nor a vantage-ground For pleasure; but thro'' all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless life, Before a thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot: for where is he, Who dares foreshadow for an only son A lovelier life, a more unstain''d, than his? Or how should England dreaming of his sons Hope more for these than some inheritance Of such a life, a heart, a mind as thine, Thou noble Father of her Kings to be. Laborious for her people and her poor-- Voice in the rich dawn of an ampler day-- Far-sighted summoner of War and Waste To fruitful strifes and rivalries of peace-- Sweet nature gilded by the gracious gleam Of letters, dear to Science, dear to Art, Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, Beyond all titles, and a household name, H... Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Books, History, The Works Of Alfred Tennyson (volume 5); Idylls Of The King Books>History The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Strahan<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 100 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=6mm, Gew.=159gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - Ge… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 100 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=6mm, Gew.=159gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - General History], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Strahan The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Strahan<