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 Guardian - Էջ 781854Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 էջ
...and empires, — 't is t/) be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great. Our destinies o'crleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ;...and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. LXXXIX. All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep,... | |
| 1847 - 810 էջ
...exclaim with the poet, " Ye stars, that are the poetry of Heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven,...their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for they are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 էջ
...MOUNTAIN FORM. 702. YE STARS! which are the pottry of heaven, if in your bright leaves toe would read the fate of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven,...and reverence from afar, that FORTUNE, FAME, POWER, LIFE, have named themselves a STAR. 703. A few hours more, and she will move in stately grandeur on,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 էջ
...poetry of heaven, if in your bright leaves we would read the fate of man and empires, — 'tis to he forgiven, that, in our aspirations to be great, our...and reverence from afar, that FORTUNE, FAME, POWER, LIFE, have named themselves a STAR. 703. A few hours more, and she will move in stately grandeur on,... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 էջ
...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,...and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless,... | |
| 1850 - 662 էջ
...the universe. " 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,...and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life have named themselves a star." Childe Harold, iii. 88. " 'Tis midnight ; on the mountain's brow... | |
| 1850 - 654 էջ
...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,...and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life have named themselves a star." Childe Harold, iii. 88. " Tis midnight; on the mountain's brow... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 էջ
...feelings. 290 291 " Ye stare ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read EW 'are cognisant, we suspect, of the recent improvements...from being little more than a scientific toy, to as such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life have named themselves a star.... | |
| 1850 - 604 էջ
...his feelings. " 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 are A beauty and a mystery, and... | |
| 1850 - 548 էջ
...felony, but if a critic only slay himself critically, dooming himself to "hoise with his own petard," why 'tis to be forgiven " That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'crleap our mortal state." In a place where there were no Quarterly Journals, the veracious historian... | |
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