 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...vacant stare, And slew him with your noble birth. Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heavens above us bent, The gardener Adam and his wife Smile...claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'T is only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...soul with clay. Lady Clara Vere de Vere. From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'T is only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...noble birth. Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heavens above us bent ; The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, T' is only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, I know you, Clara Vere de Vere :... | |
 | Mary Bennett - Children - 1860 - 172 pages
...Lena was resolved to go, carrying with her only the best ambition, coveting only " the best gifts." " Howe'er it be, it seems to me ' Tis only noble to be good ; Kind words are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." warning ; ' Never Mind ' was our... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...crucified. His daily prayer, far better understood In acts than words, was simply doing good. WHITTLEE. Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good. TENNYSON. More sweet than odors caught by hi™ who sails Near spicy shores of Araby the blest, A thousand... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...justice in the scale Their good and evil weighs. SOUTHEY. 80. GOODNESS THE ONLY TRUE NOBILITY. HOWE'EB it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. True hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith, than Norman blood. 81. FKOJt INDIA. " O, COME... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...be sorted with. Additon. HONOUB— True. From yon blue heavens above us bent The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me "Fis only noble to be good : Rind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...noble birth. Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heavens above us bent The grand old gard'ner and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent....Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be gcoi. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And ample faith than Norman blood. I know you, Clara Vere... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 516 pages
...noble birth. Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heavens above us bent The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'T is only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1863 - 726 pages
...blue heavens above at bent. The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long deecent. , Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts an more than coronet*, And simple faith than Norman blood. " I know you, Clara Vere de Vere ; You pine... | |
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Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heavens above us bent, The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts arc more than coronets, And simple faith than... 
