Lord of
Lord of
eternal god nor power serve sold truth
He never sold the truth to serve the hour, nor paltered with Eternal God for power.
reason theirs
Someone had blundered:/ Theirs not to make reply,/ Theirs not to reason why,/ Theirs but to do and die.
eternal public
That eternal want of pence/ Which vexes public men.
fought harder lie matter met truth
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.
heart strength ten
My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.
elementary heard laid life robin throughout
My whole life, I heard, 'Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg.' It's all I heard throughout elementary school.
beyond great happy purpose sail shall touch until wash western
My purpose holds/ To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths/ Of all the western stars, until I die./ It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;/ It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles/ And see the great Achilles.
april becomes blossoms buds
My regret/ Becomes an April violet,/ And buds and blossoms like the rest.
dreams hall hunts
Locksley Hall Like a dog, he hunts in dreams
dearer hall hold horse novel passion shall spent
Locksley Hall He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse
side
Cleave never to the sunnier side of doubt.
beyond cling faith forms
. . . cling to Faith beyond the forms of Faith.
closer hands nearer
Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
cannon front left
Cannon to right of them,/ Cannon to left of them,/ Cannon in front of them/ Volleyed and thundered.