 Oh, yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When...  Voices of Doubt and Trust - Page 116by Volney Streamer - 1897 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...the pile complete: That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain. Behold we know not any thins: 1 can but trust that good shall fall At last — far-off — at last, to all, And every... | |
 | 1867 - 396 pages
...doubt, and sins of blood. That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete." So Browning, in his "Apparent Failure," expresses his belief that the failure is not irretrievable—... | |
 | Criticism - 1850 - 676 pages
...and taints of blood ; " That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made...cloven in vain ; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain. " Behold ! we know not any thing ;... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 602 pages
...and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete : That not a wormjis cloven in vain ; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivel'd in a fruitless fire, Or but... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 236 pages
...and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroy 'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made...can but trust that good shall fall At last — far on0 — at last, to all, 76 So runs my dream : but what am I ? An infant crying in the night : An infant... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made...cloven in vain ; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain. Behold ! we know not any thing ; I... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete : That not a wormjis cloven in vain ; That not a moth with vain desire IB shrivel'd in a fruitless fire, Or but... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1851 - 234 pages
...with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When Q-od hath made the pile complete ; That not a worm is cloven...anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last—far off—at last, to all, So runs my dream: but what am I ? An infant crying in the night:... | |
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