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... Country life [poems]. - Pàgina 142per Country life - 1873 - 147 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pàgines
...fate Of men and empires,— 'tis to he forgiven, That in our aspirations to he great, Our destinics o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A heauty and a mystery, and ereate In us such love and reverenee from afar, That fortune, fame, power,... | |
| 1825 - 504 pàgines
...extravagant. 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, That in our...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. No one, whose mind was really elevated and purified by the solemn grandeur of a midnight sky, would... | |
| George Clinton - 1825 - 826 pàgines
...Ye stare ! 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...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a ylar. All heaven and earth are slill — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pàgines
...are the poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,—'t is to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great,...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. LXXXIX. All heaven and earth are still—though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling... | |
| Willard Phillips - 1826 - 194 pàgines
...extravagant. Ye stars ! that are the poetry of heaven 1 If in your bright leaves we would read the fat* Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. • - ,'. ' I' No one, whose mind was really elevated and purified by the solemn grandeur of a midnight... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pàgines
...of her hue*. LXXXVIII. Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we could read the fate Of man and empires : — 'tis to be...and create In us such love and reverence from afar, [a star. That fortune, fame, power, life have named themselves LXXXIX. All heaven and earth are still... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pàgines
...into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in onr aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their...have named themselves a star. All heaven and earth arc still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silcnt,as we... | |
| Samuel Bailey - 1826 - 122 pàgines
...confusion seems to have ensued. These luminaries of Heaven are (to borrow the language of a noble poet) " A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love...fame, power, life, have named themselves a star." A most triumphant proof of the harmlessness of calling two things by the same name. I would beseech... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pàgines
...aspirations to be great, Our destinies n'crleap their mortal state. And claim a kindred with yon ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us...afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themeehee a Mur. All heaven and earth are still— though not in sleep, Bat breathleee, ae we grow... | |
| 1827 - 590 pàgines
...astrology." 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, That in our...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. This is poetry ! beautiful poetry ! indeed the Reviewer does not deny it ; but the sentiment is " artificial... | |
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