 | 1853 - 636 pages
...delineations they meet with in a tale which they opened only for the amusement of an idle hour. ' For truth in closest words shall fail, When truth embodied in a tale Shall enter in at lowly doors.' The story may not (and never should) have been written with a definite didactic aim ; there may be... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...those who would humbly imitate Him will often find wisdom in the use of a corresponding method. For " Truth in closest words shall fail When truth embodied in a tale Shall enter in at lowly doors. " The author of the pages before us has most effectually adopted this principle. The " evening " in... | |
 | New Jerusalem Church - 1871 - 548 pages
...Thought, with power to act, and bring forth new thoughts of truth. " For Truth in closest words may fail, When Truth, embodied in a tale, Shall enter in at lowly doors. "Even so the Word had breath, and wrought With human hands the creed of creeds In loveliness of perfect... | |
 | 1883 - 798 pages
...in the good and honest soul of a child's. heart. " 'Dp.' truths in manhood darkly join, Deep seated in our mystic frame, We yield all blessing to the...embodied in a tale, Shall enter in at lowly doors." To teach the Bible is not dealing with the geography of Palestine, its manners and customs, its sects... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1863 - 524 pages
...Moses and the little child that prays his prayer to the " Great God who made heaven and earth ?"• "For wisdom dealt with mortal powers, Where truth...embodied in a tale Shall enter in at lowly doors." Let philosophers talk their talk about the Absolute, the All, the Ego, but we will know the God of... | |
 | C H. H - 1856 - 338 pages
...you will not admit Tennyson's lines as an argument for what I have been advancing, when he says, " ' Where truth in closest words shall fail, When truth...embodied in a tale Shall enter in at lowly doors.' " For of course I should be implying you were guilty of an inconsistency if I did not conclude you... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 211 pages
...and hattcu' d in the woods. . : i I M XXXVI. Tito' truths in manhood darkly join, Deep-seated in onr mystic frame, We yield all blessing to the name Of...current coin ; For Wisdom dealt with mortal powers, Whore truth in closest words shall fail, When truth embodied in a tale Shall enter in at lowly doors.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 390 pages
...Satyr-shape Had bruised the herb and crush'd the grape, And bask'd and batten'd in the woods. XXXVI. 'T^HO' truths in manhood darkly join, Deep-seated...closest words shall fail, When truth embodied in a tale And so the Word had breath, and wrought « With human hands the creed of creeds In loveliness of perfect... | |
 | 1862 - 1006 pages
...incarnation of Himself. Nay, does not the poet himself say this in lines which soon follow ? — 1 Tho' truths in manhood darkly join, Deep-seated in...embodied in a tale Shall enter in at lowly doors. 1 And so the Word had breath, and wrought With human hands the creed of creeds, In loveliness of perfect... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...narrowest working shut, Mere fellowship of sluggish moods, Or in his coarsest Satyr-shape XXXVI. THOUGH truths in manhood darkly join, Deep-seated in our...We yield all blessing to the name Of Him that made tiiem current coin ; For wisdom dealt with mortal powers, Where Truth in closest words shall fail,... | |
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For Wisdom dealt with mortal powers, Where truth in closest words shall fail, When truth embodied in a tale Shall enter in at lowly doors. 
