 And loathed to see them overtaxed; but she Did more, and underwent, and overcame, The woman of a thousand summers back, Godiva, wife to that grim earl who ruled In Coventry: for when he laid a tax Upon his town, and all the mothers brought Their children...  Bygone Warwickshire - Pàgina 85editat per - 1893 - 284 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 300 pàgines
...tax Upon his town, and all the mothers brought Their children, clamoring, " If we pay, we starve ! " She sought her lord, and found him, where he strode...this tax, they starve. Whereat he stared, replying half-amazed, " You would not let your little finger ache For such as these ? " — " But I would die,"... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 290 pàgines
...tax Upon his town, and all the mothers brought Their children, clamoring, " If we pay, we starve ! " She sought her lord, and found him, where he strode...this tax, they starve." Whereat he stared, replying half-amazed, " You would not let your little finger ache For such as these ? " — " But I would die,"... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 468 pàgines
...tax Upon his town, and all the mothers brought Their children, clamoring, " If we pay, we starve ! " She sought her lord, and found him, where he strode...this tax, they starve." Whereat he stared, replying half-amazed, " You would not let your little finger ache For such as these ? " — " But I would die,"... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pàgines
...Upon his town, and all the mothers brought Their children, clamouring — " If we pay, we starve," She sought her lord, and found him, where he strode...him, " If they pay this tax, they starve." Whereat ho stared, replying, half-amazed, " You would not let your little ringer ache For such as these?" —... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 404 pàgines
...TJpou his town, and all the mothers brought Their children, clamouring, " If we pay, we starve ! " She sought her lord, and found him, where he strode About the haU, among his dogs, alone, His beard a foot before him, and his hair A yard behind. She told him of... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 404 pàgines
...tears, And pray'd him, " If they pay this tax, they starve." Whereat he stared, replying, half-amazed, " You would not let your little finger ache For such as these f " — •" But I would die," said she. He laugh'd, and swore by Peter and by Paul : Then fillip'... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1856 - 400 pàgines
...tax Upon his town, and all the mothers brought Their children, clamouring, " If we pay, we starve!" She sought her lord, and found him, where he strode...hair A yard behind. She told him of their tears, And pray'd him, " If they pay this tax, they starve." Whereat he stared, replying, half-amazed, " You would... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1857 - 210 pàgines
...immortal verse." A few of Mr. Tennyson's beautiful lines cannot fail to be acceptable here : — " She sought her lord, and found him where he strode...before him, and his hair A yard behind. She told him of then* tears, And pray'd him, ' If they pay this tax, they starve.* Whereat he stared, replying, half... | |
 | 1860 - 544 pàgines
...tax Upon his town, and all the mothers brought Their children, clamouring, " If we pay, we starre ! " She sought her lord, and found him, where he strode...hair A yard behind. She told him of their tears, And pray'd him, " If they pay this tax, they starve." Whereat he stared, replying, half-amazed, " You would... | |
 | William John Pinks - 1860 - 156 pàgines
...present Poet Laureate for a metrical version of the famous story of Godiva. He sayg — " She nought her lord, and found him where he strode About the hall, among bis dogs alone, His beard a foot before bim, and his hair A yard behind. She told him of their tears,... | |
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