 CEnone 147-8 : And, because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. 147. Head and heart. Cf. V. 439. 148. Cf. II. 31-2. He ceasing, came a message from the Head. ' That afternoon the Princess rode to take The dip of certain...  Tennyson's The Princess - Page 71by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1898 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
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