 | 1842 - 748 pages
...true. Osw. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — Tie done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves...obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. MAR. Truth— and I feel it. Osw. What! if you had bid Eternal farewell to unmingledjoy, And the light... | |
 | English periodicals - 1843 - 746 pages
...OSWALD. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'T is done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves...you had bid Eternal farewell to unmingled joy And the light dancing of the thoughtless heart ; It is the toy of fools, and little fit For such a world... | |
 | English periodicals - 1843 - 740 pages
...OSWALD. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — T is done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves...obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. MARMADUKB. Truth-and I feel it. OSWALD. What ! if you had bid Eternal farewell to unmingled joy And... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering...obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. ¿far. Truth — and I feel it. От. What ! if you had bid Eternal farewell to unmingled joy And the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...a step, a blow. The motion of a muscle — this way or that — Tis done ; and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark. And has the nature of infinity. Yet through that darkness (infinite though it Vain aspiration of an earnest... | |
 | Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson - 1847 - 142 pages
...true. A. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, the motion of a muscle — this way or that-—' 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy we wonder at ourselves...obscure, and dark, and shares the nature of infinity. B. Truth— and I feel it. A. What ! if you had bid eternal farewell to unmingled joy and the light... | |
 | American periodicals - 1848 - 636 pages
...well. " Action is transitory — a step — a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that ; 'T is done — and in the after vacancy, We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed." " Suffering" (obedience, or being as opposed to doing,) — " Suffering is permanent And has the nature of infinity."... | |
 | 1848 - 626 pages
...its well. Action is transitory — a step — a blow, The motion of a muscle this way or that ; 'Tis done — and in the after vacancy, We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed." "Suffering" (obedience, or being as opposed to doing'), — " Suffering is permanent, And has the nature of infinity."... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1901 - 688 pages
...Oswald : Action ia transitory — a stop, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that— "Fis done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves...obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. JAJ HOUSDEN. Canonbury, N. [Similar replies from CLF and EHC are acknowledged.] LITTLE GIDDINQ : STOURBRIDGE... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1901 - 578 pages
...:— Oswald : Action is transitory—a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle—this way or that— 'Tie done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves...permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of inanity. Canonbury, N. JAJ HOUSDEN. [Similar replies from CLF and KHC are acknowledged.] LITTLE QIDDINQ... | |
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Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure, and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. 
