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Quotation from Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
“Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
Ulysses, Lines 65-70 (Poems (1842), ed. Collins 1900)
The closing lines admit the losses of age and end in the famous resolve of the last line.
Citation: "Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." — Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses, Lines 65-70 (Poems (1842), ed. Collins 1900). (id tennyson-ulysses-q7)
Virtues: Fortitude
Portrait: Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, George Frederic Watts, Public domain.
