 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...through them is in parts etherealised and sublimated till it becomes poetry. Thus, in the institution of the Round Table : — ' I made them lay their hands...Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander,... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...Arthur, faithfully represent the ideal character of knighthood as portrayed in the old romance : — " I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the Ring, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...company, the flower of men, To serve as model for the mighty world, And be the fair beginning of a time. I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence...Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad, redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander,... | |
 | 1861 - 1050 pages
...the principles that guided his life ; he used to read with exquisite appreciation these lines : — " To reverence the King as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, — To break the heathen and uphold the Christ,— To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, — To spenk... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1859 - 618 pages
...glorious work which she has overthrown ; how he liad founded a society to be an example to the world : ' " I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence...Their conscience, and their conscience as their king To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redeeming human wrongs, To speak no slander,... | |
 | Wales - 1859 - 364 pages
...company, the flower of men, To serve as model for the mighty world, And be the fair beginning of a time. I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence...Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 256 pages
...company, the flower of men, To serve as model for the mighty world, And be the fair beginning of a time. I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence...Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, 19 To speak no... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Arthurian romances - 1859 - 304 pages
...flower of men, To serve as model for the mighty world, And be the fair beginning of a time. I made thern lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the...Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander,... | |
 | English literature - 1859 - 586 pages
...work which she has overthrown ; how he had founded a society to be an example to the world : — ' " I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the king as if he were m Their conscience, and their conscience as their king, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ,... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 620 pages
...he had founded a society to be an example to the world : ' " I made them lay their hands in mine tnd swear To reverence the king as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their king To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redeeming human wrongs, To speak no slander,... | |
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