Lord Alfred Tennyson ( 10 of 98 )
My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness read more
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land;
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.
A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill.
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill.
There lies more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the
creeds.
There lies more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the
creeds.
When I was a shepherd on the plains of Assyria.
When I was a shepherd on the plains of Assyria.
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.
Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good
And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.
Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good
And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.
As the many-winter'd crow that leads the clanging rookery home.
As the many-winter'd crow that leads the clanging rookery home.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
