 O'erdoming all. And in this world of worldlings, where Souls rust in apathy, and ne'er A great emotion shakes the air, And life flags tame, And rare is noble impulse, rare The impassioned aim, 'Tis no mean fortune to have heard A singer who, if errors...  The Yale Literary Magazine - Page 1011906Full view - About this book
 | William Watson - 1892 - 96 pages
...flags tame, And rare is noble impulse, rare The impassioned aim, Tis no mean fortune to have heard A singer who, if errors blurred His sight, had yet...He spurreth men, he quickeneth To splendid strife. And in his gusts of song he brings Wild odours shaken from strange wings, And unfamiliar whisperings... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1893 - 394 pages
...linking together the two great names of our century's song. These are the closing stanzas of the poem : " A creature of impetuous breath, Our torpor deadlier...Flashes with life : He spurreth men — he quickeneth 'I'D splendid strife. " And in his guste of song he brings Wild odors shaken from strange wings, And... | |
 | Estelle Davenport Adams - 1894 - 432 pages
...flags tame, And rare is noble impulse, rare The impassioned aim, 'Tis no mean fortune to have heard A singer who, if errors blurred His sight, had yet...He spurreth men, he quickeneth To splendid strife. brings trange wings, S1S' lr l'tB'clhBrt of th1ngs n, — g .^helley's Centenary ] I (August 4, 1892)... | |
 | William Watson - 1899 - 342 pages
...flags tame, And rare is noble impulse, rare The impassioned aim, Tis no mean fortune to have beard A singer who, if errors blurred His sight, had yet...He spurreth men, he quickeneth To splendid strife. And in his gusts of song he brings Wild odours shaken from strange wings, And unfamiliar whisperings... | |
 | Lilian Whiting - 1901 - 432 pages
...But all the future in a day Would build divine, And the whole past in ruins lay, An emptied shrine. " A creature of impetuous breath, Our torpor deadlier...He spurreth men, he quickeneth To splendid strife." Shelley's insight into love as the highest potency of the universe found this expression in the " Epipsychidion... | |
 | 1903 - 758 pages
...from the same poem dwells on the influence — the fascination — which Shelley exercises over joung and impressionable minds : " A singer who, if errors...And ardour fledging the swift word With plumes of tire." " A creature of impetuous breath, Our torpor deadlier than Death He knew not ; whatsoe'er he... | |
 | William Watson - 1905 - 258 pages
...flags tame, And rare is noble impulse, rare The impassioned aim, 'Tis no mean fortune to have heard A singer who, if errors blurred His sight, had yet...He spurreth men, he quickeneth To splendid strife. And in his gusts of song he brings Wild odours shaken from strange wings, And unfamiliar whisperings... | |
 | Anna Sheldon Camp Sneath - 1912 - 302 pages
...flags tame, And rare is noble impulse, rare The impassioned aim, Tis no mean fortune to have heard A singer who, if errors blurred His sight, had yet...breath, Our torpor deadlier than death He knew not; whatso'er he saith Flashes with 1 fe: He spurreth men, he quickeneth To splendid strife. And in his... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 378 pages
...flags tame, And rare is noble impulse, rare The impassioned aim, 'Tis no mean fortune to have heard A singer who, if errors blurred His sight, had yet a spirit stirred By vast desire, And ardor fledging the swift word With plumes of fire. A creature of impetuous breath, Our torpor deadlier... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - 1892 - 652 pages
...flags tame, And rare is noble impulse, rare The impassioned aim, Tis no mean fortune to have beard A singer who, if errors blurred His sight, had yet...And ardour fledging the swift word With plumes of fir*. MR. JR ROBINSON MQ BBRARDI (.Daily NODS.) ( SndiptnAanu Beige.) SOME JOURNALISTS OF TODAYMB.... | |
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