Lord Alfred Tennyson ( 10 of 98 )
Not once or twice in our rough island story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.
Not once or twice in our rough island story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill.
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill.
When I was a shepherd on the plains of Assyria.
When I was a shepherd on the plains of Assyria.
My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow.
A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.
A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.
There lies more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the
creeds.
There lies more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the
creeds.
For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the
May.
For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the
May.
Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good
And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.
Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good
And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
