But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys... The Inland Educator - Page 2811895Full view - About this book
| New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 pages
...God," and thus never bereft of the Divine Presence, such should be an object of our effort to attain. " There is a fire And motion of the soul, which will...evermore — Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of ought but rest." Herein lies danger ; and the example of Swedenborg, in regard to a particular order... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...and the comparison at the close, though highly wrought, is extremely felicitous. " But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there...Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire , , . Of aught but rest : a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. " This makes the madmen... | |
| 1816 - 692 pages
...the comparison at the . dose, though highly wrought, is extremely felicitous. " But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there...will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Beyoud the fitting medium of desire ; Of aught but rest:... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...far too wide adcu. ' XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; th*re is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell...evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest; a fever at the core, 1'utal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. XLIII. This jnakrs the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...Diogenes to mock at men; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den.<9> XLII. But quiet to quiet bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there...evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. XLIII. This makes the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...men ; For sceptred cynies earth were far too wide a den. XLH. But quiet to quick bosoms is a bell, And there hath been thy bane; there is a fire And...evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. XLIII. This makes the... | |
| Stephen Simpson - 1823 - 268 pages
...hell, And there hath been my bane ; there is afire And motion of the soul .which will not 'd.aiell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting...' Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the care, Fatal to him who bears, to a!; who ever bore. Unreasonable desire,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...stern Diogenes to mock at men; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there...evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears; to all who ever bore. This makes the madmen... | |
| John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...choose. " But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, :&^ And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire r And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its...evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. " This makes the madmen... | |
| Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pages
...to mock at men; For sceptred eynics earth were far too wide a den. XLII. But quiet to quick besoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is...dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitling medinm of dcsire ; (*) Vov e/. les notes. elle se nourrit de hautes aventures, et ne se lasse... | |
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