| Thomas N. Brown - 1859 - 360 pages
...a nation's lamentation, was he borne to his long rest. " He is gone who seem'd so great — Gone I but nothing can bereave him Of the force he made his...truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him, But speak no more of his renown ; Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1829 - 82 pages
...with different powers, And other forms of life than ours, What know we greater than the soul ? The man is gone, who seem'd so great, Gone, but nothing can...truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. But speak no more of his renown, Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him.... | |
| 1883 - 500 pages
...noble things of this world are but shadows and types of the things of the Spirit, may we not believe " that he wears a truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him," and may we not hear in the cry of a grateful country, "Eternal honour to his name," a faint echo of... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1852 - 32 pages
...than ours, What know we greater than the soul ? 16 ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The man is gone, who seem'd so great, Gone, but nothing can...truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. But speak no more of his renown, Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him.... | |
| Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...cAoose the letter of any which b«set him."— Duke of Wei"The man is gone, who seemed so jrreat,— Gone, but nothing can bereave him Of the force he made his own Heing here, and we believe here Something far advanced hi state. And lhat he wears a truer crown Than... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 1855 - 180 pages
...are sobs and tears : The black earth yawns : the mortal disappears ; Ashes to ashes, dust to dust; He is gone who seem'd so great.— Gone; but nothing...truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. But speak no more of his renown, Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him.... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1855 - 176 pages
...are sobs and tears : The black earth yawns : the mortal disappears ; Ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; He is gone who seem'd so great. — Gone ; but nothing...Something far advanced in State, And that he wears x truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. But speak no more of his renown, Lay your earthly... | |
| Edward Farr - 1856 - 570 pages
...are sobs and tears. The black earth yawns ; the mortal disappears : Ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; He is gone who seem'd so great. - Gone : but nothing...truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. But speak no more of his renown. Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him."... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1856 - 176 pages
...are sobs and tears : The black earth yawns : the mortal disappears ; Ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; He is gone who seem'd so great. — Gone ; but nothing...truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. But speak no more of his renown, Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him.... | |
| 1856 - 330 pages
...black earth yawns ; the mortal disappears : ' Ashes to ashes, dust to dust ! ' He is gone who seemed so great. Gone ! but nothing can bereave him Of the...truer crown Than any wreath that man can- weave him. But speak no more of his renown ; Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the world's cathedral leave... | |
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