Lord Alfred Tennyson ( 10 of 46 )
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.]
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
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It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
