 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 psl.
...landing-place to clasp and say, " Farewell ! We lose ourselves in light." SPIRITUAL COMPANIONSHIP. t v2 Î No inner vileness that we dread ? Shall he for whose applause I strove, I had such'reverence for... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 330 psl.
...point the term of human strife, And on the low dark verge of life The twilight of eternal day. LI. O we indeed desire the dead Should still be near us...blame, See with clear eye some hidden shame And I be lessen'd in his love ? I wrong the grave with fears untrue : Shall love be blamed for want of faith... | |
 | 1872 - 900 psl.
...landing-place to elasp and say, "Farewell ! We lose ourselves in light. " SPIRITUAL COMPANIONSHIP. fight In b9 Î Shall he for whose applause I strove, 1 had such reverence for his blame, See with clear eye some... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 528 psl.
...away, To point the term of human strife, And on the low dark verge of life The twilight of eternal day. Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near...eye some hidden shame, And I be lessened in his love '< 1 wrong the grave with fears untrue : Shall love be blamed for want of faith ? There must be wisdom... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1873 - 354 psl.
...dwelt on, in its purest and most elevated form, in the 'In Memoriam' of Tennyson; as where he asks — 'Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near...I had such reverence for his blame, See with clear eyes some hidden shame, And I be lessen'd in his love? I wrong the grave with fears untrue : Shall... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 psl.
...landing-place to clasp and say, " Farewell ! We lose ourselves in light." SPiniTUAL COMPANIONSHIP. Di) he trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars ? Xo inner vileness that we dread Î Shall he for whose applause I strove, I had such reverence for... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 264 psl.
...point the term of human strife, And on the low dark verge of life The twilight of eternal day. LI. Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near...blame, See with clear eye some hidden shame And I be lessen'd in his love ? I wrong the grave with fears untrue : Shall love be blamed for want of faith... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 psl.
...point the term of human strife, And on the low dark verge of life The twilight of eternal day. LI. Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near...blame, See with clear eye some hidden shame And I be lesseu'd in his love ? I wrong the grave with fears untrue : Shall love be blamed for want of faith... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 170 psl.
...point the term of human strife, And on the low dark verge of life The twilight of eternal day. LI. Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near...blame, See with clear eye some hidden shame And I be lessen'd in his love ? I wrong the grave with fears untrue : Shall love be blamed for want of faith... | |
 | F. Taverner Graham - 1874 - 224 psl.
...inflections ; although the sentences are in the interrogative form, they are not so in thought : " Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near us at our side ? " The speaker evidently doubts the desire, consequently views the idea from a negative standpoint... | |
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Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near us at our side? Is there no baseness we would hide? No inner vileness that we dread? 
