tis but just The many-headed beast should know." Ah shameless ! for he did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his on earth, No blazon'd statesman he, nor king. Life of Lord Byron - Page 13by Roden Noel - 1890 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1849 - 608 pages
...he did but sing A song that pleaded us from its worth ; No public life was his on earth. No blazoned statesman he, nor king. He gave the people of his best; His worst he kept, bis best he gave, My curse upon the clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest ! Who make it sweeter... | |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1893 - 482 pages
...be thought too sacred to be laid open to the world by any biographer ; and Tennyson has pronounced " Shakespeare's curse on clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest ! " But he has himself chosen to impart to the public a share in this grief; he has embalmed it in noble verse;... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1849 - 608 pages
...he did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his on earth, No blazoned h chime. " God's silent, searching flight ; When my Lord's head is filled with dew, and all curse upon the clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest ! Who make it sweeter seem to be, The... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 pages
...many-headed beast should know." Ah shameless ! for he did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his on earth,— No blazon'd statesman...his best: His worst he kept, his best he gave. My curse upon the clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest !— Who make it seem more sweet to... | |
| William Henry Channing - 1850 - 706 pages
...did but sing A song that pleased us from ite worth ¡ No public life Wits his on earth, No blazoned statesman he, nor king. He gave the people of his best ; His worst he kept, his best he gave, My curse upon the clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest ! Who make it sweeter seem to be, The... | |
| Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 564 pages
...he did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his on earth, No blazoned statesman he, nor king. He gave the people of his best : His worst he kept, his best he gave. My curse upon the clown and knave Who make it sweeter seem to be The little life of bank and brier, The... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 404 pages
...many-headed beast should know." Ah shameless ! for he did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his on earth, No blazon'd statesman...on clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest ! Who make it seem more sweet to be The little life of bank and brier, The bird that pipes his lone... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 404 pages
...did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth ; No public life was his on earth, No blazon' d statesman he, nor king. He gave the people of his...on clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest ! Who make it seem more sweet to be The little life of bank and brier, The bird that pipes his lone... | |
| Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 pages
...he did but sing A song that pleased us from its worth No public life was his on earth, No blazoned statesman he, nor king. He gave the people of his best : His worst he kept, his best he gave. My curse upon the clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest ! Who makes it sweeter seem to be, The... | |
| Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 pages
...did but sing . A song that pleased us from its worth : No public life was his on earth, No blazoned statesman he, nor king. He gave the people of his best : His worst he kept, his best be gave. My curse upon the clown and knave Who will not let his ashes rest ! Who makes it sweeter seem... | |
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