| New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 pages
...God," and thus never bereft of the Divine Presence, such should be an object of our effort to attain. " There is a fire And motion of the soul, which will...evermore — Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of ought but rest." Herein lies danger ; and the example of Swedenborg, in regard to a particular order... | |
| English literature - 1816 - 692 pages
...said is well said, and the comparison at the . dose, though highly wrought, is extremely felicitous. " But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath...will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Beyoud the fitting medium of desire ; Of aught but rest:... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...thrown ) Like stern Diogenes to mock at men ; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide adcu. ' XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; th*re is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell in its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond... | |
| Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pages
...to mock at men; For sceptred eynics earth were far too wide a den. XLII. But quiet to quick besoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is...dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitling medinm of dcsire ; (*) Vov e/. les notes. elle se nourrit de hautes aventures, et ne se lasse... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...were far too wide a den. XL1I. But quict to quick hosoms is a hell, And there hath heen thy hane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow heing, hut aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, hut onee kindled, quenehless evermore,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...thrown) Like stern Diogenes, to mock at men; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den .9 XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath...its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medinm of desire; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire... | |
| George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...following stanzas might have been applied perhaps as forcibly to Lord Byron as to the dethroned emperor : But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath...motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own uarrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medinm of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore,... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...at men; F«r sceptred cynics earth were far too wide But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And I here sleeps at last, And Glory, like thcl'hirnix midst...her odours, blazes, and expires. Shall hoary Granta hut rest; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. This makes the madmen... | |
| Willard Phillips - 1826 - 194 pages
...memory, as a striking expression of any general truth. The following is one of his most laboured efforts. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath...there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwelt In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...thrown) Like stern Diogenes to mock at men ; For sceptred cynies earth were far too wide a den. XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire Arid motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting... | |
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