| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6783 |
| AUTHOR: | Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| QUOTATION: | I held it truth, with him who sings 1
To one clear harp in divers tones,
That men may rise on stepping-stones
Of their dead selves to higher things. 2 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | In Memoriam. i. Stanza 1. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1.
The poet alluded to is Goethe. I know this from Lord Tennyson himself, although he could not identify the passage; and when I submitted to him a small book of mine on his marvellous poem, he wrote, “It is Goethe’s creed,” on this very passage.—Rev. Dr. Getty (Vicar of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire). [back] | Note 2.
See Longfellow, page 643. [back] |
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