In Love, if Love be Love, if Love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers : Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. " It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.... The Coming of Arthur: And Other Idylls of the King - Page 157by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1896 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...widening slowly silence all. The little rift within the lover's lute Or little pitted speck in garnered fruit, That rotting inward, slowly moulders all. It...answer, no. And trust me not at all or all in all. [From Maud.] GARDEN SOXO. COME into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown, Come into... | |
| 1859 - 980 pages
...loner's lute, Or little pitted speck in garnered fruit, That rotting inward ilowly moulders all. ' It it not worth the keeping : let it go ; But shall it ?...And trust me not at all or all in all.' O master, do you love my tender rhyme?" And Merlin looked and half believed her true, So tender was her voice, so... | |
| 1870 - 726 pages
...within the lute That by and by will make the music mute, And, ever widening, slowly silence all. " The little rift within the lover's lute, Or little, pitted speck in garnered fruit, That, rotting inward, slowly moulders all." How many, like poor Nimrod, are constantly... | |
| Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1880 - 662 pages
...academic lute, The speck of discontent in hard-earned fruit, That, eating inwards, turns it into gall. "' It is not •worth the keeping ; let it go : But shall it ? Answer fairly, answer no ; And take us all in all or not at all.' OUR REPRESENTATIVE MAN. (St. James's and... | |
| 1860 - 620 pages
...rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all " The little rift within the lover's lute, Or little pitted speck in garnered fruit, That rotting inward slowly molders all. " It is not worth the keeping : let it go.... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 304 pages
...rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all. " The little rift within the lover's lute, Or little...trust me not at all or all in all." O, master, do you love my tender rhyme ?' And Merlin look'd and half believed her true, So tender was her voice,... | |
| 1859 - 914 pages
...within the lute, That by and bye will make the music mute ; And ever widening slowly silence all. " The little rift within the lover's lute, Or little...garner'd fruit, That rotting inward slowly moulders all." Sport to be healthy should be spontaneous and self-requiting. It should be loved for its own sake,... | |
| 1859 - 558 pages
...fruit. That rotting inward slowly moulders all. ' It it not worth the keeping : let it go ; But ihall it ? answer, darling, answer, no. And trust me not at all or all in all.' 0 master, do you love my tender rhyme ?" And Merlin looked and half believed her true, So tender was... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 256 pages
...rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all. 'The little rift within the lover's lute, Or little pitted speck in garnered fruit, That rotting inward slowly moulders all. ' It is not worth the keeping: let it go :... | |
| John Nichol - 1860 - 258 pages
...within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And, ever widening, slowly silence all. " The little rift within the lover's lute, Or little...answer, no ! And trust me not at all, or all in all." Merlin is oppressed by forebodings of danger, the softness of her song itself alarms him when contrasted... | |
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