 As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than...  Poems - Sida 97efter Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 231 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 680 sidor
...? having loved me to decline — Me I for him, a drivelling idiot, but with longer purse than mine. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something as the mutton shoulder unrelieved by onion sauce. What is this ? his eyes are blackened 1 think not... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sidor
...all the chords with might: Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with...better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse. Comfort ? comfort scorned of devils ! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow... | |
 | 1867 - 738 sidor
...the week's wages at the " Blue Elephant." So true it is that " Ai the husband is, the wife is : thon art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down." And she had no one but herself to thank for it, that was the embittering thought. wife, ill-treats... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 sidor
...having loved me to decline — Jiff ! for him, a drivelling idiot, bnt with longer purse than mine. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something as the mutton shoulder unrelieved by onion sauce. What is this? his eyes are blackened ! think not... | |
 | 1842 - 610 sidor
...shalt lower to his level day by day, What is fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with...dog, a little dearer than his horse. What is this? his eyes are heavy: think not they are glazed with wine, Go to him : it is thy duty : kiss him : take... | |
 | 1843 - 418 sidor
...shall lower to his level day by day, What is fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with...dog, a little dearer than his horse. What is this ? his eyes are heavy : think not they are glazed with wine. Go to him : it is thy duty : kiss him :... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 sidor
...shalt lower to his level day by day, What is fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with...dog, a little dearer than his horse. What is this ? his eyes are heavy : think not they are glazed with wine. Go to him : it is thy duty : kiss him :... | |
 | 1848 - 614 sidor
...upon the following propositions : H " As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with ac)own, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down." How true! This is poetry; for it suggests a long train of thoughts — of the fall of a superior nature... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 sidor
...shalt lower to his level day by day, What is fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with...dog, a little dearer than his horse. What is this? his eyes are heavy: think not they are glazed with wine. Goto him: itisthyduty: kisshim: take his hand... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 sidor
...shall lower to his level day by day, What is fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with...dog, a little dearer than his horse. What is this? his eyes are heavy: think not thej are glazed with wine. Go to him — it is thy duty : kiss him :... | |
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