 Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace? we have made them a curse, Pickpockets, each hand lusting for all that is not its own; And lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain, is it better or worse Than the heart of the citizen hissing in war on his own...  Sartor Resartus - Page 372by Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pages
...spirit than the Court whose badge he wears. Here is a specimen of his wild, visionary abuse : •' Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace? we have...lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain, is it better or wurse Than the heart of the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? Bat these are the days... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1855 - 436 pages
...man, now lord of the broad estate and the Hall, Dropt off gorged from a scheme that had left us 6. Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have...the citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? 7. But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1855 - 176 pages
...man, now lord of the broad estate and the Hall, Dropt off gorged from a scheme that had left us 6. Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace? we have...the citizen- hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? 7. But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have... | |
 | 1855 - 714 pages
...the Children." But there is also the profoundest sadness in this terrible burst. "Why do they prato of the blessings of Peace ? we have made them a curse,...citizen hissing in war on his own hearthstone ? " But thes^ are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind, When who but a fool would have faith in... | |
 | Scotland - 1855 - 808 pages
...the broad estate and the ) l.di. Droiiped of gorged from a tchtrae that had left wJtaccM and drain'd, Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace? we have...own ; And lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain, is it bettor or worse Than tla heart of the citlim hissing in tear on ha own hearthstone t But these are... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 776 pages
...workings of man's nature On a heart half tura'd to «tone." exhibited with a scornful power : — " Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have...curse, Pickpockets, each hand lusting for all that U not its own ; Л ml lust of gain, in the spirit of Cain, is it better or worse Than the heart of... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 684 pages
...the Children." But there is also the profoundest sadness in this terrible burst. "Why do they prnte of the blessings of Peace ? we have made them a curse, Pickpockets, each hand lusting for all that is net its own : And last of gain, in the spirit of Cain, U it better or worse Than the heart of the citizen... | |
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 504 pages
...in Maud, but the " curses " of Peace are repeatedly dwelt upon. Thus, in the first division: — " Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace ? we have made them a curse The author then proceeds, for eight stanzas, in the strongest language, to enumerate the evils of peace... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Jacobs Peterson, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Robert Taylor Conrad, Joseph Ripley Chandler, Bayard Taylor - 1855 - 632 pages
...as the reader will be disposed to allow, in more souses than one. He exclaims, in his "Maud" — " Why do they prate of the blessings of peace ? We have made them a ourse, Pickpockets, each hand lusting for all that is not its own ; And lust of gain, in the spirit... | |
 | Church work with the poor - 1855 - 972 pages
...made to school the age to which he is represented as being so great a blessing and ornament: — " Why do they prate of the blessings of peace ? we have made them а сигяе: Pickpockets, euch hand lusting for all that is not its own; And the lust of gain, in... | |
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