 And the vitriol madness flushes up in the ruffian's head, Till the filthy by-lane rings to the yell of the trampled wife, And chalk and alum and plaster are sold to the poor for bread, And the spirit of murder works in the very means of life.  Maud, and Other Poems - Strona 6autor: Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1869 - Liczba stron: 170Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1883 - Liczba stron: 394
...the denouncer of the swindler and the rogue. For, has he not sung in bitter words of those by whom " Chalk and alum and plaster are sold to the poor for bread?" His picture of a popular holiday in the Princess is delightful. Each penny-a-liner who read the description... | |
 | Richard Valpy French - 1884 - Liczba stron: 446
...impassioned lines in his poem Maud : — 'And the vitriol madness flushes up in the ruffian's brain, Till the filthy by-lane rings to the yell of the trampled...spirit of murder works in the very means of life.' The quantity of ' vitriol madness ' which unprincipled dealers push into the market, and which is sold... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - Liczba stron: 412
...flushes up in the ruffian's head, Till the flllhy by-lane rings to the yell of the trampled wife, While chalk and alum and plaster are sold to the poor for...works in the very means of life. 11. And Sleep must He down arm'd, for the villanons centre-bits Grind on the wakeful ear in the luish of the moonless... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - Liczba stron: 526
...lives, and when only not all men lie ; Peace in her vineyard — yes! — but a company forges the wine. And the vitriol madness flushes up in the ruffian's...spirit of murder works in the very means of life, And Sleep must lie down arm'd, for the villanous centre-bits .Grind on the wakeful ear in the hush... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - 1885 - Liczba stron: 372
...the worst sufferers from commercial dishonesty in its most disgusting forms. As Tennyson says : — " Chalk and alum and plaster are sold to the poor for...spirit of murder works in the very means of life." And you will find the same kind of conduct running through all the trades. You buy a horse. You see,... | |
 | 1885 - Liczba stron: 1234
...resistance is ruthlessly confronted with the maximum of temptation, and where, as a nightly consequence, The vitriol madness flushes up in the ruffian's head, Till the filthy hy-lane rings to the yell of the trampled wife. He himself, indeed, said in the House of Lords that... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1886 - Liczba stron: 694
...and when only not all men lie; Peace in her vineyard — yes ! — but a company forges the wine. X. And the vitriol madness flushes up in the ruffian's...spirit of murder works in the very means of life, And Sleep must lie down arm'd, for the villainous centre-bits Grind on the wakeful ear in the hush... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - 1886 - Liczba stron: 386
...shock on my heart, as I heard The shrill-edged shriek of a mother divide the shuddering night. ******** And the vitriol madness flushes up in the ruffian's...filthy by-lane rings to the yell of the trampled wife. ******** Is it peace or war ? better war ! loud war by land and by sea ! War with a hundred battles... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1887 - Liczba stron: 508
...vineyard— yes !— hut a company forges tho wiiie. x. And the vitriol madness flushes up In the ruman'n head. Till the filthy by-lane rings to the yell of...and alum and plaster are sold to the poor for bread, Aud the sBirit of murder works iu the very means of lito. XI. And Sleep must lie «'.own arm'd, for... | |
 | Edward Jenks - 1888 - Liczba stron: 266
...lives, and when only not all men lie ; Peace in her vineyard—yes !—but a company forges the wine. And the vitriol madness flushes up in the ruffian's...spirit of murder works in the very means of life, And Sleep must lie down arm'd, for the villainous centre-bits Grind on the wakeful ear in the hush... | |
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