| Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 196 pages
...blue heavens above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife smile at the claims of long descent. c Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'tis only noble to be good; Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood. I know you, Clara Vere de Vere... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1871 - 128 pages
...giving her consent, as soon as silence was restored she began the following talej IV. Sforg of Sir antr "Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." TENNYSON. jNCE upon a time... | |
| 1871 - 792 pages
...furnished with knowledge, and garnished by virtue, does the man truly rise among his fellows. " Howe' er it be, it seems to me 'tis only noble to be good," is a thought recognised in Chinese books four thousand years before Tennyson was born. This principle... | |
| James Comper Gray - 1872 - 422 pages
...they at once apply to those who possess a more correct and extensive knowledge of the Word of God." True nobility. — " Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good : Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Boman blood."'' An 50. torture, upon a... | |
| William Unsworth - 1872 - 112 pages
...blue heavens above us bent The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be .good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." Walter Thornbury, in his Life... | |
| Robert Ferrier Burns - 1872 - 494 pages
...more truly than th&t of the chivalrous Champion of the Sabbath, in sympathy with the sentiment : — " Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good : Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith, than Norman blood." — ED. Dunoon, February,... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872 - 168 pages
...Are at this hour asleep ! O sleep, 0 gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee ? Howe'er it be, it seems to me Tis only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. THE ADVERB— DEGREE. LESSON... | |
| Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 276 pages
...say that a true man must be noble," I continued. " Now you know, John, our poet Tennyson says — ' Howe'er it be it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good!' And where are you more likely to learn how to be good than at a Bible class ? The teaching of the Bible... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872 - 186 pages
...blue heavens above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. I know you, Clara Vere de Vere,... | |
| 1872 - 710 pages
...— Songs of gratitude — While all nature utters, God is ever good. 1548. GOODNESS, Nobility of. at tx '. ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. A' [/ 'red Ttnnyton. 1549.... | |
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