...the journey is worth the ruin. Lord Tennyson's aging Ulysses proclaims (1842), Death closes all; but something ere the end. Some work of noble note, may yet be done, ("Ulysses," Tennyson, 1951, p. 89) Shipmates on the Planet Earth! Through meditation, which is the...

...action come from? Tennyson tells us: Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere the end, Some work of noble note may yet be done, . . . The courage to do the noble work of deliberately bringing peace to a family is, today, beyond...

...free foreheads—you and I are old; Old age hath yet his honour and his toil; Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may...moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices. (11.45-56) Just as the speech gathers speed and approaches a "rhythm of will," Ulysses' free forehead...

...一些新事物佇迎者‥ you and I are old; Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may...to twinkle from the rocks; The long day wanes; the low moon climbs; the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, 。Tis not too late to seek...

...Electric. Waiting for the storm. And somewhere, someone was speaking poetry: Death closes al!: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may...with Gods. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks . . . Dr. Tjakamarra. Leslie concentrated on his hands. Hands made the man — no. Hands made man....

...'mourn' among the many voices that 'moan' throughout the slowest line and a half of English literature: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices. (ll. 55-6) Like In Memoriam, 'Ulysses' was begun immediately after Hallam's death. The poem is as much...

...reduction in senior adulthood. No matter how old we are, as Tennyson would put it, "Death closes all; but something ere the end, / Some work of noble note, may yet be done.... 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world," 9 People who aim at nothing generally hit it, and retirement...

...free foreheads — you and I are old; Old age hath yet his honour and his toil; Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may...deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows;...

...occasion for departure, in a string of atmospheric declaratives reminiscent of the end of "Lycidas": "The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: / The...moon climbs: the deep / Moans round with many voices" (54—6). Both Mariana and the LotosEaters are obsessed with their immediate surroundings, but Ulysses...

...the hands of Master Point Press's accountant. As for me, I agree with Ulysses: "Death closes all: but something ere the end, some work of noble note, may yet be done, not unbecoming men who strove with gods." This is not intended to imply that writing bridge stories is high art. On rereading...