"Teen" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... And from this land rejected and forlorn, Unhonoured by the men who dwell therein. But, if Persuasion's grace be sacred to thee, Soft in the soothing accents of my tongue, Tarry, I pray thee; yet, if go thou wilt, Not rightfully wilt thou on this my town Sway down the scale that beareth wrath and teen Or wasting plague upon this folk. 'Tis thine, If so thou wilt, inheritress to be Of this my land, ...
— The House of Atreus • AEschylus
... and his wife implored him. Whence it fell that many valiant warriors lost their lives at his hand, and the hero himself was slain. Hear ye now the tale of his sorrow. Well he knew he could win naught but teen and scathe. Fain had he denied the prayer of the king and queen. He feared, if he slew but one man, that the world would loathe ...
— The Fall of the Niebelungs • Unknown
... I may find A hermit white or grey Who shall receive and shrive me clean, While lasteth life will pray. Wherefore I pray you kiss me now, And never then no mo." "Nay," said the Queen, "Oh! get thee gone, That can I never do." So parted they with wondrous dole And swooned for their great teen And to her chamber scarce on live Her ladies bare the Queen. But Lancelot woke at last and went And took his horse from keeping, And all that day and all that night ...
— A Legend of Old Persia and Other Poems • A. B. S. Tennyson
... angry Pagan bit his lips for teen, He ran, he stayed, he fled, he turned again, Until at last unmarked, unviewed, unseen, When Dudon had Almansor newly slain, Within his side he sheathed his weapon keen, Down fell the worthy on the dusty plain, And ...
— Jerusalem Delivered • Torquato Tasso
... is sin, that it should sink all that bear its burden; yea, it sunk the Son of God himself into death and the grave, and had also sunk him into hell-fire for ever, had he not teen the Son of God, had he not been able to take it on his ...
— The Riches of Bunyan • Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin |
