Lord Alfred Tennyson ( 10 of 46 )
 Modred's narrow foxy face,
 Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.  
 Modred's narrow foxy face,
 Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye. 
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
 To pluck the vicious quitch
 Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
  And make all clean read more 
 To pluck the vicious quitch
 Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
  And make all clean and plant himself afresh. 
Give place to your superiors.
Give place to your superiors.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
 I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of 
indifference to me.  
 I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of 
indifference to me. 
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
 I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a 
Tartar.]  
 I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a 
Tartar.] 
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.