 | Kenyon West - Literary Criticism - 1895 - 614 pages
...teach, Becoming as is meet and fit A link among the days, to knit The generations each with each ; And doubtless, unto thee is given A life that bears...offices as suit The full grown energies of heaven, Ay me, the difference I discern! How often shall her old fireside Be cheered with tidings of the bride,... | |
 | 1895 - 480 pages
...talents put to such glorious use may be retained, enhanced by the light and countenance of his Lord. "And doubtless, unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of heaven.'' The one who loved and knew him best has truly told us : " All that... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - English literature - 1895 - 944 pages
...We lose ourselves in light.' " He taught also that there would be abundant employment in heaven : " And, doubtless, unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit In those great offices that suit The full-grown energies of heaven." And again : " How fares it with the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1895 - 230 pages
...teach, Becoming as is meet and fit A link among the days, to knit The generations each with each : And, doubtless, unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit In those great offices that suit The full-grown energies of heaven. Ay me, the difference I discern !... | |
 | Samuel David McConnell - Sermons, American - 1896 - 332 pages
...understanding, in affection, by means of endless action and kindly ministries. " For doubtless unto them is given A life that bears immortal fruit, In such...offices as suit The full grown energies of Heaven." It brings satisfaction to the hungry affections, it enables the bereaved soul to walk not only serenely,... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - 1896 - 346 pages
...she, the faithful and loving companion of fifty-three years, in her heart said with Tennyson — ' And doubtless unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit, In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of Heaven.' believing with Keats, that ' There is budding morrow in midnight.'... | |
 | Richard Hovey - Literary Criticism - 1896 - 236 pages
...DULCISSIME VALE DILECTISSIME DESIDERATISSIME REQUIESCAS IN PACK In poem xl. the first edition reads: — "And doubtless unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of heaven." The poet said to Mr. Knowles : "I hate that — I should not write... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1899 - 382 pages
...teach, Becoming as is meet and fit A link among the days, to knit The generations each with each ; And, doubtless, unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit In those great offices that suit The full-grown energies of heaven. Ay me, the difference I discern !... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1899 - 298 pages
...teach, Becoming as is meet and fit A link among the days, to knit The generations each with each ; And, doubtless, unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit In those great offices that suit The full-grown energies of heaven. Ay me, the difference I discern !... | |
 | Arthur Christopher Benson - 1900 - 898 pages
...initiated," Pindar. 2 Without the sun. * "Fully convinced," Rom. iv. 21. CHAPTER XIII. CHURCHMANSHIP. " Unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit, In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of heaven." TENNYSON. IN 1877 my father had written: — What more can I say, seeing... | |
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And, doubtless, unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of heaven. 
