 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1868 - 402 pages
...The grand old gardener 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 are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. I know you, Clara Vere de Vere, You pine among your halls and towers : The... | |
 | James Hutchison Stirling - 1868 - 266 pages
...TENNYSON. maiden in her flower is worth a hundred coats of arms," and, " Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good : Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." The sort of democratic aristocracy here is particularly fine : it is expressed... | |
 | Isabella Fyvie Mayo - 1868 - 292 pages
...Mr. Marten ; " but certainly ' descent ' is oftenest on the lips of those who themselves forget — ' Tis only noble to be good, Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.' " "Pooh! who thinks anything of coronets?" interrupted Mr. Herbert. " How... | |
 | 1868 - 532 pages
...ventured to quote Tennyson's " Lady Clara Veré de Veré " to our brother — " Howe'cr it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good, Kind hearts are more than corónete, And simple faith than Norman blood." Bro. Sarchet will never believe that anything superior... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - Proverbs, Latin - 1869 - 526 pages
...eris, si recte facies. — If your conduct be noble, you will be a king. " Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more...coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." TENNYSON. Ride, si sapis. MART. — Be cheerful, if you are wise. " Let me play the fool ; With mirth and laughter... | |
 | Jesse Clement - Biography & Autobiography - 1869 - 490 pages
...original suggestor of the movement. WOKTHY >'vLAMPLE OF A POOR WIDOW. 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. TENNYSON. The following article was communicated to the Christian Watchman and Reflector, of Boston, for January... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1907 - 628 pages
...The grand old gardener 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 are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. I know you, Clara Vere de Vere : You pine among your halls and towers : The... | |
 | Donald Lines Jacobus - Reference - 1968 - 134 pages
...forty-nine times out of fifty will not result in establishing the right to a foreign coat-of-arms. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith, than Norman blood. — Tennyson. XI SOURCE MATERIAL - PRINTED The nearest way to come at glory, is to do that for conscience which we... | |
 | Greek letter societies - 1898 - 438 pages
..."The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. How'er it be, it seems to me "Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, The duty of the chapter to the member has already been alluded to. A chapter is an organization, a... | |
 | Katherine Davis Chapman Tillman - Literary Collections - 1991 - 488 pages
...man to shut the door of opportunity in the black man's face. (Recites.) Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more...coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. Tennyson never said a truer thing, to my mind. PROF. N. — I'm with you, father. My sympathies are always with... | |
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Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. 
