 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]. - Pągina 142per Country life - 1873 - 147 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1840 - 378 pągines
...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 p'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 pągines
...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...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... | |
 | 1841 - 332 pągines
...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,...fame, power, life, have named themselves a star." But look up again, and, with the astronomer, mark out the distances of the stars, and also their revolutions... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pągines
...Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and venerable pile; So old, it seemed only not to...uses vile! Where Superstition once had made her den fürtune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. LXXXIX. All heaven and earth are still —... | |
 | sir Henry Delmé (fict.name.) - 1841 - 524 pągines
...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,...their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you." THE night came on with its crescent moon and its myriads of stars: just such a night as might have... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pągines
...the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 't is O Oa7 *8/J o'crlcap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 548 pągines
...stars ! which are the, popfry "fh?yivmij If in your bright leaves we would read the fate > f Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our...great, * Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claun a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pągines
...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. The sky is changed! and such a change! Oh night, And storm and darkness, ye are wond'rous strong, Yet... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pągines
...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. The sky is changed! and such a change! Oh night, And storm and darkness, ye are wond'rous strong, Yet... | |
 | 1844 - 836 pągines
...empires, 'tis to he forgiven 'I'll, it, in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o erleap this mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye...reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have nam'd themselves a star." When we cast our eyes on the heavens we behold a vast hemi-phere expanding... | |
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