 | Cornelia A. H. Crosse - 1892 - 370 pàgines
...exquisite vale dictory lines, the motto of his last book— '•I strove with none, for none was worth the strife; Nature I loved, and next to Nature — Art. I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart." THE WEDDED POETS. WHEN Wordsworth heard of the marriage of Robert... | |
 | Georg Brandes - 1892 - 558 pàgines
...Mands Tankegang, der faa Aar før sin Død forsynede sin sidste Bog med disse fire Linjer som Motto : I strove with none, for none was worth my strife, Nature I loved, and after Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.... | |
 | Georg Brandes - 1892 - 558 pàgines
...Mands Tankegang, der faa Aar før sin Død forsynede sin sidste Bog med disse fire Linjer som Motto : I strove with none, for none was worth my strife, Nature I loved, and after Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.... | |
 | 1894 - 608 pàgines
...human happiness. à - ^NWh, <i¿>. iJRANTWOOD. ON HIS SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY. BY WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. I STROVE with none, for none was worth my strife ;...I warmed both hands before the fire of life — It sinks, and I am ready to depart. - • •--'• , - — . '.¿ i ' *. OiY-OCIAVE, THANKT VERY breeze... | |
 | 1907 - 130 pàgines
...writer. Landor, to choose outside of the great poets, gives one very clearly this sense of distinction : I strove with none ; for none was worth my strife,...; I warmed both hands before the fire of life, It sinks and I am ready to depart. Generally speaking there is a want of deep or fine experience in the... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1894 - 248 pàgines
...a nearer approach to that highest reach of art where it stimulates or consoles the spirit of man. ' I strove with none, for none was worth my strife ;...; I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.' Nevertheless, he was, as Emerson said, a man full of thoughtsrather... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1894 - 258 pàgines
...nearer approach to that highest reach of art where it stimulates or consoles the spirit of man. ' 1 strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature...; I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.' Nevertheless, he was, as Emerson said, a man full of thoughts rather... | |
 | 1895 - 654 pàgines
...breathes through the lines he prefixed to some late poems in i8S3 :— I strove with none, for none were worth my strife. Nature I loved, and next to Nature...; I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. And the second part of the verses addressed to his girl-friend lanthe... | |
 | 1871 - 632 pàgines
...had still nearly sixteen years to live, is also admirable in its calm, human dignity and courage : I strove with none, for none was worth my strife : Nature I loved, and. next to Nature, Art : I warm'd both hands before the lire of life ; It sinks, and 1 am ready to depart. Among modern translations... | |
 | 1895 - 670 pàgines
...breathes through the lines he prefixed to some late poems in '8S3 :I strove with none, for none were worth my strife. Nature I loved, and next to Nature Art ; I wanned both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. And the second part... | |
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I STROVE with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. 
