 But be his My special thanks, whose even-balanced soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild ; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole ; The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus,...  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 2691881Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1853 - 298 pages
...brutal son Clear'd Rome of what most sham'd him. But be his My special thanks, whose even-balanc'd soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor Passion wild : Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole : The mellow glory of the Attic stage ; Singer of sweet Colonus,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 348 pages
...brutal son Clear'd Rome of what most sham'd him. But be his My special thanks, whose even-balanc'd soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor Passion wild : Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole: The mellow glory of the Attic stage ; Singer of sweet Colonus,... | |
 | American essays - 1884 - 882 pages
...he replies that more even than to Homer and to Epictetus he owes to him " whose even-balanced soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole; The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...brutal son Clear'd Rome of what most shamed him. But be his My special thanks, whose even-balanced soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole; The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus,... | |
 | 1881 - 314 pages
...upon their inmost hearts, singing to them of life and light and culture: "... his even-balanced soul. From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business..." Elegy," his friend Mason quoted to him the line — " Sunt l.icrym.c rerum, et mentem mortalia tangunL" Mentem mortalia tangunt. Yes, that is the grand... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1877 - 292 pages
...brutal son Clear'd Rome of what most shamed him. But be his My special thanks, whose even-balanced soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild ; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole; The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1877 - 290 pages
...brutal son Clear'd Rome of what most shamed him. But be his My special thanks, whose even-balanced soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild ; Shakspeare. /^\THERS abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask—Thou smilest and art still,... | |
 | 1881 - 504 pages
...and light and culture — " His even-balanced soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old ai?e, Business could not make dull, nor Passion wild : He...his Elegy his friend Mason quoted to him the line — " Sunt lacrymse rerum, et mentem mortalia tangunt." Mentem niortalia tangunt. Yes, that is the... | |
 | Henry Norman - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1881 - 200 pages
...much ; much the halting slave Epictetus ; " But be his My special thanks, whose even-balanced.soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild ; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole ; The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1883 - 874 pages
...art still Out-topping knowledge ; or his noble description of Sophocles ; Whose even-balanced soul From first youth tested up to extreme old age ; Business could not make dull, nor passion wild ; Who saw life steadily and saw it whole, The mellow glory of the Attic Stage, Singer of sweet Colonus... | |
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