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" That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. "
The Life of James Watt: With Selections from His Correspondence - Page vii
by James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 580 pages
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In Memoriam

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 236 pages
...himself, from more to more ; Or, crown'd with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and fly...
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In Memoriam

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...himself, from more to more ; Or, crown'd with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning feara, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise...
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Notes and Queries

1876 - 602 pages
...which two lines have passed into a proverb. MIDDLE TEMPLAR. AUTHORS AND QUOTATIONS "That life is not an idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hiding tears, And battered with the shucks of doom To shape and use." D. TRAIIL. The...
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In Memoriam

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...crowned with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, •V But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears ; And dipped in baths of hissing tears, And battered with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and...
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The Princess: A Medley

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 422 pages
...himself, from more to more ; Or, crown'd with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and fly...
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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D ..., Volume 4

David Thomas - 456 pages
...same sympathy. He lacks experience. We may say of love what the poet has said of life ; — (Love) " is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom And heated hot with burning fears, And cooled in baths of hissing tears, And battered with the shocks of doom To shape and use." There is...
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The Midland magazine and monthly review, ed. by J.J. Britton & J.N. Smith ...

Midland-metropolitan magazine - 1852 - 676 pages
...himself from more to more ; Or, crowned with attributes of woe, Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, Andheated hot with burning fears, And dipped in baths of hissing tears, And battered with the shocks...
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Moral Aspects of City Life

Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1853 - 204 pages
...baseness of the world like a rock. Innocence may thrive best in the sweet air of the country, but if " life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipped in baths of hissing tears, And battered by the shocks of doom, To shape and use " then that...
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Mignonette, a sketch, by the author of The curate of Holy Cross. [signing ...

E. R. S. - 1858 - 290 pages
...discovered a freemasonry in the latter young lady's twinkling, restless eyes. CHAPTER VIII. DBEAMS. .... Life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom. And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And battered with the shocks of doom, To shape and use. . ' TENNYSON....
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Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time, with Other Papers

Charles Kingsley - 1859 - 474 pages
...more ; Or, crown'd with attributes of woe, Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not an idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated...burning fears, And dipp'd in baths of hissing tears, And batter' d with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and fly The reeling Faun, the sensual feast;...
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