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
| John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 pages
...earth, They perish where they have their birth; But love is indestructible. Its holy flame forever burneth, From heaven it came, to heaven returneth;...deceived, at times opprest, It here is tried and purified, Then hath in heaven its perfect rest ; ^Jt soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of... | |
| Willis Gaylord Clark - 1833 - 84 pages
...other passiong ily, All others are but vanity : 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 oppress'd — It here is tried, and purified, And hath in Heaven its perfect rest. SODTHEY. THERE is... | |
| Willis Gaylord Clark - 1833 - 86 pages
...other passions fly, All others are but vanity : But love is indestructible : Its holy name forever burneth ; From heaven it came — to heaven returneth...earth a troubled guest, At times deceived, at times oppress'd — It here is tried, and purified, And hath in Heaven its perfect rest. SOOTHET. THERE is... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1833 - 550 pages
...other passions fly, ЛИ otliersj are but vanity : But Love is indestructible ; Its holy llame forever burneth, From heaven it came — to heaven returneth ; Too oft on earth a troubled RUest, At times deceived, at times oppressed ; It here is tried, and puritied, And haul in heaven its... | |
| Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1834 - 374 pages
...these passions, as of earth— They perish where they drew their birth. But love is indestructible I Its holy flame for ever burneth : From heaven it came, to heaven returnetli. SOUTHEV. OH ! droop thou not, my gentle earthly love ! Mine still to be ! I bore thro*... | |
| 1834 - 444 pages
...these passions of the earth, They perish where they had their birth ; But love is indestructible. It's holy flame for ever burneth, From heaven it came, to heaven returneth ; It soweth here with toil and care, But the reaping place is there. O ! when a mother meets on high,... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 370 pages
...passions, as of earth, " They perish where they have their birth. " But love is indestructible ; " Its holy flame for ever burneth, " From heaven it...earth a troubled guest, " At times deceived, at times oppressed, " It here is tried and purified, " And hath in heaven its perfect rest; " It soweth here... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 1138 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 returneth ; Too ui'i on earth a troubled guest, At times deceiv'd, at times opprest, It hero is tried and purified,... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1836 - 276 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,...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... | |
| Thomas Harttree Cornish - 1836 - 538 pages
...those 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,...returneth. Too oft on earth a troubled guest : At times receiv'd, — at times oppress'd. It here is tried and purified, Then hath, in heaven, its purest rest.... | |
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