 They sin who tell us love can die, With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But love...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 5301842Full view - About this book
 | Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1828 - 262 pages
...effect, is no idle, no dubious possession; if it " take root downwards," it will "bear fruit upwards." " Its holy flame for ever burneth, From heaven it came, to heaven returneth." Partial, perhaps unperceived in its commencement, its dominion becomes in the end universal; extending... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 pages
...have their birtl) But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, 1'Vom heaven it game, to heaven returneth ; Too oft on earth a troubled guest, At times deceiv'd, at times opprest, It here is tried and purified, Then hath in heaven its perfect rest ; It... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1828 - 564 pages
...these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth -, But love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth; from heaven it came, to heaven returnetb ; Too oft on earth a troubled guest, At times deceived, at times opprest, 156 Bishop Helens... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...Sir W. Temple. XXV. Love's hory flame for ever burneth; From heaven it came, to heaven returned]; ' Too oft on earth a troubled guest, At times deceived, at times opprest. It here is tried and purified, Then hath in heaven its perfect fest: It soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of love... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...it.—Sir W. Temple. XXV. From heaven it came, to heaven returneth; Love's hory flame for ever burneth; Too oft on earth a troubled guest, At times deceived, at times opprest. It here is tried and purified, Then hath in heaven its perfect rest: It soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of love... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 676 pages
...him. You remember the beautiful lines in Southey, — Love is indestructible ; Its holy flame forever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth ; Too oft on earth a troubled guest, At times deceiv'd, at times opprest, 524 PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. It here is tried and purified, Then hath in Heaven... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 662 pages
...remember the beautiful lines in Southey, — Love is indestructible ; Its holy flame forever bunieth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth ; Too oft on earth a troubled guest, At times deceiv'd, at times opprest, 526 LETTER TO RW HAY, ESQ. sible, and only regret that I am likely to be... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...the earth They perish where they had their birth. But Love is indestructible, Its holy flame forever burneth, From heaven it came, to heaven returneth....earth a troubled guest, At times deceived, at times oppressed, It here is tried and purified, Then hath in heaven its perfect rest; It soweth here with... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 pages
...is indestructible, Its holy flame for ever buraeth, From heaven it came, to heaven returneth : For oft on earth a troubled guest, At times deceived, at times opprest, It here is tried and purified, Then hath in heaven its perfect rest : It soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest time of love... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 858 pages
...holy flame for ever hurneth, From heaven it came, to heaven returncth i For oft on earth a trouhled guest, At times deceived, at times opprest, It here is tried and purified, Then hath in heaven its perfect rest: It sowcth here with toil and care, But the harvest time of love... | |
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