 Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.  Recreations of a Recluse - Page 129by Francis Jacox - 1870Full view - About this book
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...this way or that — 'tis done, and in the after vacancy we wonder at ourselves like men betrayed: suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, and shares the nature of infinity. Ma. Truth— and I feel it. Os. What ! if you had bid eternal farewell to unmingled joy and the light... | |
 | Edward Walford - 1867 - 84 pages
...this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. Ma. Truth — and I feel it. Os. What! if you had bid Eternal farewell to unmingled joy And the light... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1870 - 524 pages
...this way or that — 'tis done, and in the after vacancy we wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, and shares the nature of infinity. Ma. Truth : and I feel it. Os. What ! if you had bid eternal farewell to unmingled joy and the light... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 pages
...this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after -vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark. And shares the nature of infinity. Afar. Truth— and I feel it. Osw. What if y ou had bid Eternal farewell to unmingled joy And the light... | |
 | Herbert Kynaston - 1879 - 238 pages
...— this way or that, 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. ' But they will soon ' &c. — and yet he will quickly lighten them (divide the lines to speakers just as... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1881 - 732 pages
...this way or that— 'Tis done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. Mar Truth — and I feel it. Osw. What if you had bid Eternal farewell to unmingled joy And the light... | |
 | James Middleton Sutherland - 1887 - 248 pages
...this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.' The following words are put into the mouth of a female beggar, who has a child in her arms : ' I've... | |
 | James Middleton Sutherland - 1892 - 270 pages
...this way or that — "Pis done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.' The following words are put into the mouth of a female beggar, who has a child in her arms : ' I've... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1893 - 248 pages
...a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle this way or that — 'Tis done ; and, in the after vacancy, We wonder at ourselves like men betray'd ; Suffering is permanent, obscure, and dark, And has the nature of infinity." The mind, however, has a very natural repugnance to the sustained contemplation... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1893 - 248 pages
...transitory—a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle this way or that— 'Tis done ; and, in the after vacancy, We wonder at ourselves like men betray'd ; Suffering is permanent, obscure, and dark, And has the nature of infinity." The mind, however, has a very natural repugnance to the sustained contemplation... | |
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