 And some among you held, that if the King Had seen the sight he would have sworn the vow : Not easily, seeing that the King must guard That which he rules, and is but as the hind To whom a space of land is given to plow. Who may not wander from the allotted...  Littell's Living Age - Page 1361870Full view - About this book
 | 1881 - 996 pages
...in the words of Arthur, with which the poem closes. " And some among you held that if the king Had seen the sight, he would have sworn the vow; Not easily,...he rules, and is but as the hind To whom a space of hind is given to plough, Who may not wander from the allotted field Before his work be done ; but,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1870 - 494 pages
...here in vain, However they may crown him otherwhere. ' " And some among you held, that if the King Had seen the sight he would have sworn the vow : Not easily,...not wander from the allotted field, Before his work bo done ; but, being done, Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they will ; and many a time... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 264 pages
...here in vain, However they may crown him otherwhere. "'And some among you held that if the king Had seen the sight he would have sworn the vow: Not easily,...Who may not wander from the allotted field Before bis work be done ; bat, being done, Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they will ; and... | |
 | 1870 - 844 pages
...must remain his post to the last, breathes in all he at " Some among you held, that if the King 'l seen the sight he would have sworn the vow; Not easily, seeing that the King must guard That which be rules, and is but as the hind To whom a space of land is given to plough, Who may not wander from... | |
 | Criticism - 1870 - 748 pages
...if thu king ILi I seen the sight he would have sworn the TOW : Not easily, seeing that the king most guard That which he rules, and is but as the hind To whom a cpace of land is given to plough. Who may not wander from the allotted field Before his work be done... | |
 | John Earle - English language - 1871 - 644 pages
...stupid fellow.' — Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, ch. iv. * And some among you held, that if the King Had seen the sight he would have sworn the vow ; Not easily,...given to plough, Who may not wander from the allotted Held, Before his work be done.' Alfred Tennyson, The Holy Grail. In the single case of the verb to... | |
 | 1871 - 644 pages
...done. They had told him that if he ' had seen the sight, he would have vowed the vow ;' but he says, ' Not easily, seeing that the King must guard That which...from the allotted field Before his work be done.' And then he nobly, grandly, adds, ' but being done, Let visions of the night, or of the day, Come as... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 pages
...i' vain, j However they may crown him othefwhere. " ' And some among you held, that if the King Had seen the sight he would have sworn the vow : Not easily, seeing that the King mus<: guard That which he rules, and is but as the hind To whom a space of land is given to plough,... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1871 - 542 pages
...weighed down by duty. He cannot quest the Grail ; the King " must guard that which he rules ; " he is "but as the hind, To whom a space of land is given to plough." Supposing then that we have settled the point who are to be the representatives of the great fields... | |
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