 | 1871 - 704 หน้า
...tenderness and elegance few prose men of his day could have rivalled. Tennyson's words are these : — " I hold it true, whate'er befall, I feel it when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all.'" In Mcmoriam, xxvii. Congreve's pretty thought is not quite a parallel... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 330 หน้า
...knew the summer woods : I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetter'd by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never...I sorrow most ; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. XXVIII. HE time draws near the birth of Christ : The moon is hid ;... | |
 | 1872 - 660 หน้า
...knew the summer woods : I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfettered by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never...sorrow most, — 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. cv. RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty... | |
 | 1872 - 592 หน้า
...dim faint dream. Therefore can we, who believe in these things, say, with fulness of meaning — " I hold it true, whate'er befall ; I feel it when I sorrow most ; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all :" not only because the light and the consecration of love remain ;... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872 - 360 หน้า
...license in the field of time, Unfetter'd by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes: 110 Nor, what may count itself as blest, The heart that never plighted troth, Bat stagnates iu the weeds of sloth ; Nor any want-begotten rest. I hold It true, whate'er befall ;... | |
 | Robert Ferrier Burns - 1872 - 494 หน้า
...crying in the night, And with no language but a cry." Yet had he full sympathy with the sentiment — " I hold it true, whate'er befall, I feel it when I sorrow most, 'Twere better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all." By the empty crib, in the darkened... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 หน้า
...knew the summer words. I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetter' d by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never...never plighted troth, But stagnates in the weeds of elothNor any want-begotten rest. I hold it true, whate'er befall — I feel it, when I sorrow most... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1873 - 448 หน้า
...prove, That every cloud that spreads above, And veileth love— itself is love. Tennyson. LOST LOVE. I HOLD it true,— whate'er befall ; I feel it when...I sorrow most : 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Ibid. INNOCENCE AND LOVE. SHE was innocent : And to lie innocent is... | |
 | Roša Nouchette Carey - 1873 - 312 หน้า
...! Gar ! I always loved you so, Dear ! Come back to me, Gar." 148 CHAPTER IX. AN ERRAND OF MERCY. " I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all." IN MEMOBIAM. " Oh ! blest be thine unbroken light ! That watch'd... | |
 | 1873 - 826 หน้า
...with him again, what has he to say about the dispensation of death? His reply is strong and true : " I hold it true, whate'er befall, I feel it, when I sorrow most ; Tis better to have loved aud lost, Than never to have loved at all." (xxvii.) Even supposing we are never to see our dear dead... | |
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I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time... 
