 Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for...  The North British review - Page 1171850Full view - About this book
 | 1817 - 628 pages
...instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. ' Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in...your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 696 pages
...Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Lxxxvnr. " Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fata Of men and empires,—'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...Weeping themselves away, thill they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues Lxxxvm. Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, '' Our destinies o'erlaep their... | |
 | George Miller - Europe - 1820 - 624 pages
...beautiful, though somewhat mystical, lines of Lord Byron would almost persuade one to calculate a nativity : Ye stars, which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. LXXXVIII. Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'crleap their... | |
 | Ptolemy, Proclus - Astrology - 1893 - 584 pages
...CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM THE ALMAGEST OF PTOLEMY, And the wholaof hts CENTILOQUY. Br JM ASHMAN D. " Y« stars, which are the poetry of Heaven ! "If, in your...bright leaves, we would read the fate " Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven." T.OI5D BYRON. ., 1тв':Ь ^Scientific ¿upjus,'-. /•*••"•... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...distil, Weeping themselves away till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If, in...your bright leaves, we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great Our destinies o'erlenp their... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in...your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Ye stars, which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their... | |
 | Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pages
...Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. LXXXVIII. Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fa te Of men and empires , — 'tis to be forgiveu , That in our aspirations to be great, Our dcsunies... | |
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