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 British Critic: A New Review - Sida 6111816Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 sidor
...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,...state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beaiity and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 sidor
...the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the late Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And »Iaim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 sidor
...leaves we wonld read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in onr aspiratious to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with yon; for ye are A beanty and a mystery, and create In us snch love and reverence from afar, That fortune,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 sidor
...the poetry of Heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,-^-'! 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... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sidor
...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....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 Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 sidor
...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... | |
| 1845 - 774 sidor
...and empires — 'tis to be forgiven, ' That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'er leap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ;...us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fain*, power, life, have named themselves a star." age — there are no means adopted for its' realization... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 sidor
...LXXXVIII. 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...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... | |
| 1833 - 360 sidor
...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,...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;... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 sidor
...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...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... | |
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