Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star; Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees,... Among Strangers: an Autobiography - Page 101by E. S. Maine - 1870 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 236 pages
...height, a deeper deep. 87 LXII. Dost thou look back on what hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began And on a simple village...invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1850 - 794 pages
...Does my old friend remember me ?" Dost thou look back on what hath been As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began And on a simple village...invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...higher height, a deeper deep. LXII. DOST thou look back on what hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began, And on a simple village...invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...a deeper deep. 87 DOST thou look back on what hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life hi low estate began And on a simple village green ; Who...invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Grief - 1850 - 228 pages
...deeper deep. LXI. DOST thou look back on what hath heen, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life iu low estate began And on a simple village green ; Who...invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit... | |
 | 1850 - 682 pages
...thine in undiecover'd hinds. If. Dost thou look back on what hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began And on a simple village green ; 1 Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chin«, And breasts the blows... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 1851 - 422 pages
...higher height, a deeper deep. LXIII. DOST thou look back on what hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began And on a simple village...invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; "Who makes by force his merit... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...STATESMAN. FROM " IN MEJIORIA1I." DOST thou look back on what hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began, And on a simple village...invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 520 pages
...higher height, a deeper deep. ucn. DOST thou look back on what hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began, And on a simple village...invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 211 pages
...back on what hath bccn, As some divinely gifted man, \Vhosc life in low estate began ;j ' j Anll on .; simple village green : Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, j] . And breasts thc blows of circinnstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by foree his... | |
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