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 - Page 781854Full view - About this book
| 1817 - 628 pages
...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,... | |
| English literature - 1816 - 696 pages
...are the poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fata 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." P. 47. The characters of Voltaire and Gibbon are drawn with more... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 492 pages
...Deep into nature's breabt the spirit of her hues. LXXXVI1I. " Ve stars ! Of men and empires,— '(is to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great,...their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for yc are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That foitune, fame,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...of her hues Lxxxvm. 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'erlaep their mortal state, And claim a kindred with youj for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create... | |
| George Miller - Europe - 1820 - 634 pages
...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, canto 3, 88. (.//) The people of these provinces... | |
| George Miller - Europe - 1820 - 624 pages
...calculate a nativity : 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,...; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In its such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...hues. 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,...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,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...her hues. 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 our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'crleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...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,...That in our aspirations to be great Our destinies o'erlenp their mortal state, 424 THE AMERICAN [Letson 183. And claim a kindred with you ; for ye arc... | |
| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...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,... | |
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