As the husband is, the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than... The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson: Poems - Página 46de Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 680 páginas
...? having loved me to decline — Me I for him, a drivelling idiot, but with longer purse than mine. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something as the mutton shoulder unrelieved by onion sauce. What is this ? his eyes are blackened 1 think not... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature...better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse. Comfort ? comfort scorned of devils ! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow... | |
| 1867 - 738 páginas
...week's wages at the " Blue Elephant." So true it is that " Ai the husband is, the wife is : thon art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down." And she had no one but herself to thank for it, that was the embittering thought. wife, ill-treats... | |
| John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 páginas
...having loved me to decline — Jiff ! for him, a drivelling idiot, bnt with longer purse than mine. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something as the mutton shoulder unrelieved by onion sauce. What is this? his eyes are blackened ! think not... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 páginas
...decline On a range of lower feelings and a narrower heart than As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature...dog, a little dearer than his horse. What is this 1 his eyes are heavy: think not they are glazed with wine. Go to him: it is thy duty: kiss him: take... | |
| 1848 - 614 páginas
...upon the following propositions : H " As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with ac)own, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down." How true! This is poetry; for it suggests a long train of thoughts — of the fall of a superior nature... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 páginas
...fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature...eyes are heavy: think not they are glazed with wine. Goto him: itisthyduty: kisshim: take his hand in thine. It may be my lord is weary, that his brain... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 páginas
...is fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature...horse. What is this? his eyes are heavy: think not thej are glazed with wine. Go to him — it is thy duty : kiss him : take hi« hand in thine. It may... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 páginas
...fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature...little dearer than his horse. What is this? his eyes nre heavy: think not they are glazed with wine. Go to him — it is thy duty : kiss him : take his... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 254 páginas
...range of lower feelings and a narrower heart than mine ! As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature...Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his i horse. What is this ? his eyes are heavy : think not they are glazed with wine. Go to him : it is... | |
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