 And the calm moonlight seems to say : Hast thou then still the old unquiet breast, Which neither deadens into rest, Nor ever feels the fiery glow That whirls the spirit from itself away, But fluctuates to and fro, Never by passion quite possess'd And...  Matthew Arnold: Poet and Critic - Page 30by Arnold Schrag - 1904 - 94 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 352 pages
...calm moon. And the calm moonlight seems to say : Hast thou then still the old unquiet breast, WTiich neither deadens into rest, Nor ever feels the fiery glow That whirls the spirit from itself away, Hut fluctuates to and fro, Never by passion quite possess' d And never quite benmnb'd by the world's... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1885 - 280 pages
...pacings to and fro, And the same vainly throbbing heart was there, And the same bright, calm moon. And the calm moonlight seems to say : Hast thou then still the old imquiet breast, JPTiich neither deadens into rest, Nor ever feels the fiery glow That whirls the spirit... | |
 | 1888 - 618 pages
...inevitable that he should bear with him as long as he lived — ' . . . the old unquiet breast That neither deadens into rest, Nor ever feels the fiery...passion quite possess'd, And never quite benumb'd by the world.' It is as the representative of the highest type of agnosticism, as an embodiment of the honesty,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1889 - 258 pages
...pacings to and fro, And the same vainly throbbing heart was there, And the same bright, calm moon. And the calm moonlight seems to say : Hast thou then...But fluctuates to and fro, Never by passion quite possessed And never quite benumb 'd by the world's sway ? — And I, I know not if to pray Still to... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1895 - 540 pages
...pacings to and fro, And the same vainly throbbing heart was there, And the same bright, calm moon. s/And the calm moonlight seems to say : Hast thou then still...neither deadens into rest, Nor ever feels the fiery glow V That whirls the spirit from itself away. But fluctuates to and fro, Never by passion quite possess'... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 544 pages
...pacings to and fro, And the same vainly throbbing heart was there, And the same bright, calm moon. And the calm moonlight seems to say : Hast thou then...But fluctuates to and fro, Never by passion quite possess' 'd And never quite benumb' d by the world's sway 1 — And I, I know not if to pray Still... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 380 pages
...restless pacings to and fro, And the same agitated heart was there, And the same bright calm moon. And the calm moonlight seems to say — — " Hast thou then still the old unquiet breast That neither deadens into rest Nor ever feels the fiery glow That whirls the spirit from itself away,... | |
 | 1913 - 638 pages
...watery wild, We mortal millions live alone. In " A Summer Night " he sings : the calm moonlight seema to say — "Hast thou then still the old unquiet breast...away, But fluctuates to and fro Never by passion quite possessed, And never quite benumb 'd by the world's swayf" — And I, I know not if to pray Still to... | |
 | William Norman Guthrie - 1897 - 376 pages
...hao something disappointing in him. He is " unstable as water." The Moon rightly says to him : "• Hast thou then still the old unquiet breast, Which...But fluctuates to and fro, Never by passion quite possessed And never quite benumbed by the world's sway ?"t What a master at diagnosis ! What an unsatisfactory... | |
 | FRANCIS T. PALGRAVE - 1906 - 538 pages
...pacings to and fro, And the same vainly throbbing heart was there, And the same bright, calm moon. And the calm moonlight seems to say : Hast thou then...the fiery glow That whirls the spirit from itself c^way, But fluctuates to and fro. Never by passion quite possess'd And never quite benumb' d by the... | |
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