| 1872 - 862 pages
...Pagan world disgust And secret loathing fell ; Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell. " In his cool hall, with haggard eyes, The Roman noble...Appian way ; " He made a feast, drank fierce and fast, Aod crown'd his hair with flowers — No easier nor no quicker pass'd The impracticable hours. " The... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...Pagan world disgust And secret loathing fell. Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell. " In his cool hall, with haggard eyes, The Roman noble...made a feast, drank fierce and fast, And crowned his hair with flowers, — No easier nor no quicker passed The impracticable hours. " The brooding East... | |
| 1867 - 832 pages
...Pagan world disgust And secret loathing fell. Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell. " In his cool hall, with haggard eyes, The Roman noble...way ; "He made a feast, drank fierce and fast, And crown'd his hair with flowers — • No easier nor no quicker pass'd The impracticable hours." The... | |
| 1867 - 548 pages
...of utter failure, is masterly : — " On that hard Pagan world disgust And secret loathing fell. " In his cool hall, with haggard eyes, The Roman noble...drove abroad, in furious guise, Along the Appian way ; Deep weariness and sated lust .. „ - . , , - j /• t ./ , ... , „ " He made a feast, drank fierce... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...Pagan world disgust And secret loathing fell; Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell. In his cool hall, with haggard eyes, The Roman noble...Appian way; He made a feast, drank fierce and fast, And crown'd his hair with flowers— No easier nor no quicker pass'd The impracticable hours. The brooding... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1871 - 232 pages
...Pagan world disgust And sated loathing fell; Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell. In his cool hall with haggard eyes The Roman noble...made a feast, drank fierce and fast, And crowned his hair with flowers ; No easier, nor no quicker passed The impracticable hours." See too the grand passage... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1871 - 230 pages
...Pagan world disgust And sated loathing fell; Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell. In his cool hall with haggard eyes The Roman noble...made a feast, drank fierce and fast, And crowned his hair with flowers; No easier, nor no quicker passed The impracticable hours." See too the grand passage... | |
| 1875 - 810 pages
...Pagan world disgust And secret loathing fell ; Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell. In his cool hall, with haggard eyes, The Roman noble...way ; He made a feast, drank fierce and fast, And crown'd his hair with flowers — No easier nor no quicker pass'd The impracticable hours. The broading... | |
| James Hiles Hitchens - 1875 - 204 pages
...Pagan world, disgust, And sated loathing fell ; Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell. In his cool hall with haggard eyes The Roman noble lay, He drove abroad with furious guise Along the Appian way. He made a feast, drank fierce and fast, And crowned his hair... | |
| 1877 - 1146 pages
...well has our own poet drawn the picture : — " In his cool hall, with haggard eyes, The Roman noblo lay ; He drove abroad, in furious guise, Along the...made a feast, drank fierce and fast, And crowned his bair with flowers : No easier and no quicker passed The impracticable hours." And so there crept upon... | |
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