They parted — ne'er to meet again ! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder ; A dreary sQajoow flows between. But neither heat, nor frost,... Lady Chesterfield's Letters to Her Daughter - Page 55by George Augustus Sala - 1860 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Frederic Adeney - 1908 - 676 pages
...in their stubborn separation we may be reminded of Coleridge's famous metaphor in Ohristobel — " They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs...been rent asunder, A dreary sea now flows between." In tracing the causes of this tremendous cleavage of Christendom we may be surprised to see how insignificant... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1908 - 142 pages
...ne'er to meet again ! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — 420 ,-- They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreaiy sea now flows between. But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween,... | |
| Robert Grant - 1909 - 626 pages
...Coleridge's — these lines to which, in spite of her impetuous mood, she had deigned to listen attentively: "They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder. A gloomy sea now flows between. But neither heat nor frost nor thunder Shall wholly do away I ween The... | |
| Robert Grant - 1909 - 622 pages
...Coleridge's — these lines to which, in spite of her impetuous mood, she had deigned to listen attentively: "They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder. A gloomy sea now flows between. But neither heat nor frost nor thunder Shall wholly do away I ween The... | |
| John Holland Rose - 1911 - 696 pages
...Wilberforce," 13, 14. ever opened out such as Coleridge finely pictured as yawning between two parted friends : They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs...been rent asunder ; A dreary sea now flows between. Indeed, Wilberforce found with some surprise that on most questions they agreed as before1 — a proof... | |
| Maude Morrison Frank - 1911 - 220 pages
...following sentences, find the nouns in the nominative case and give the reason for the case of each:— 1 They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder. 2 Can a youth who refuses to yield obedience to his parents expect to become a good or a wise man?... | |
| Herbert Brook Workman - 1916 - 262 pages
...also trace the tremendous catastrophe of their separation. To-day these sister churches stand aloof Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder A dreary sea now flows between. The shallow historian is accustomed to sneer at the causes of their separation, to speak of the addition... | |
| Henry Crabb Robinson - 1922 - 214 pages
...youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain « » • » » They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder. But we are anticipating the date of Coleridge's second course of lectures, which were delivered in... | |
| John Holland Rose - 1923 - 1288 pages
...hail. A<> f" ever opened out such as Coleridge finely pictured as yawning between two parted friends: They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs...been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between. Indeed, Wilberforce found with some surprise that on most questions they agreed as before'—a proof... | |
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