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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| Page 671 |
| Alfred Tennyson Tennyson. (1809–1892) (continued) |
| 6759 |
| Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. |
| Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. Stanza 4. |
| 6760 |
| Oh good gray head which all men knew! |
| Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. Stanza 4. |
| 6761 |
| That tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew. |
| Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. Stanza 4. |
| 6762 |
| For this is England’s greatest son, He that gained a hundred fights, And never lost an English gun. |
| Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. Stanza 6. |
| 6763 |
| Not once or twice in our rough-island story The path of duty was the way to glory. |
| Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. Stanza 8. |
| 6764 |
| All in the valley of death Rode the six hundred. |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade. Stanza 1. |
| 6765 |
| Some one had blundered: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade. Stanza 2. |
| 6766 |
| Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them. . . . . . Into the jaws of death, 1 Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred. |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade. Stanza 3. |
| 6767 |
| That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies; That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright; But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. |
| The Grandmother. Stanza 8. |
| Note 1. Jaws of death.—Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, act iii. sc. 4. Du Bartas: Weekes and Workes, day i. part 4. [back] |
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