 He, my father! These are times When all must to the crucible — no thought, Practice, or use, or custom sacro-sanct But shall be violable now. And first If ever we evade the wonted round, The stagnant vortex of the eddying years, The child must take...  New Ballads - Page 29by John Davidson - 1896 - 110 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Holbrook Jackson - Literary Criticism - 1922 - 410 pages
...at all costs to face facts and re-value ideas : " These are times When all must to the crucible—no thought, Practice, or use, or custom sacro-sanct But shall be violable now." Early association with the ideas of Nietzsche had directed Davidson's innate pessimism into channels... | |
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