 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 ye...  The poetical works of lord Byron. Illustr. ed - Page 400by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879Full view - About this book
 | M. Edgeworth Lazarus - Christianity and other religions - 1852 - 146 pages
...them discord and envy : they struck each other, and separated. Ahriman then perOur destinies o'crleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you;...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. All heaven and earth are still, though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most,... | |
 | Mrs. J. Thayer - Gift books - 1853 - 144 pages
...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 ;...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep ; But breathless as we grow when feeling most... | |
 | Anna U. Russell - Elocution - 1853 - 580 pages
...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 ;...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star All heaven and earth are still, — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...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 ;...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a stnr. BYRON. NATUBE'S LESSONS. Love had he found in huts where poor men lie ; His daily teachers had... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel. Milton. Ye stars which are the poetry of heaven, • ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such...— power — life — have named themselves a star. Byron. And for the stars that gleamed above, They each seemed smiles of heavenly love, Teaching the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 378 pages
...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;...themselves a star. LXXXIX. All heaven and earth are still—though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most; And silent, as we stand... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...men and empires — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erlenp their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ;...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...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 ;...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star- CHILDE HAROLD.— Canto III. THUNDER-STORM AMIDST THE ALPS. THK sky is changed ! — and such a change... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
.... In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, hath named them selves III. The field of freedom, faction, fame, and blood...the bud To that when further worlds to conquer fail' cnrth are still : From the high host Of stars, to the lull'd lake and mountain-coast, All is conccntcr'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...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 ;...reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, hath named them selves a star. , LXXXIX. All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But... | |
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