 In stings of remorse. Have I a lover Who is noble and free ? — I would he were nobler Than to love me. " Eterne alternation Now follows, now flies ; And under pain, pleasure, — Under pleasure, pain lies. ;/ *••< Love works at the centre, Heart-heaving...  Poems - Page 12by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 342 pages
...angels, Their shame them restores ; Lurks the joy that is sweetest In stings of remorse. Have I a lover Who is noble and free ? — I would he were nobler...Jove keep thy five wits ; Thy sight is growing blear ; Eue, myrrh and cummin for the Sphinx, Her muddy eyes to clear ! " The old Sphinx bit her thick lip,... | |
 | Edward Dwight Walker - 1888 - 376 pages
...now draw him With sweetness untold, Once found for new heavens He spurneth the old. Eterne alteration Now follows, now flies, And under pain, pleasure —...Forth speed the strong pulses To the borders of day. Mrs. Elizabeth Kowe, the friend of Bishop Ken and of Dr. Isaac Watts, has left this allusion to preexistence... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1888 - 584 pages
...conflicts, " Love works at the centre " and will bring about the final reconciliation. "Have I a lover Who is noble and free? — I would he were nobler Than to love me." Here the poet rises beyond the beatitude of ''Love's young dream," beyond all present finite joy, and... | |
 | William Channing Gannett - 1890 - 142 pages
...and humility even to confession, in every exalting love. Almost we have to say — " Have I a lover Who is noble and free, I would he were nobler Than to love met" And we know so well the truth of Emerson's other word, that " in the last analysis love is only... | |
 | Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus - 1891 - 378 pages
..."Sub-chanters will not sleep on that text always," said Giovanni. CHAPTER XXVI. AN IMPASSABLE AP.YSS. Love works at the centre, Heart-heaving alway ; Forth speed the strong pulses To the borders of day. EMERSON. AS, on the morning of the zoth of April, Alke started from the cottage to tend the goats,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 606 pages
...the volume and puzzling his or her way along will come by and by to the verse : — " Have I a lover Who is noble and free ? — I would he were nobler Than to love me." The commonplace young person will be apt to say or think c'cst magnifique, mais ce n'est pas — V... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 598 pages
...the volume and puzzling his or her way along will come by and by to the verse: — "Have I a lover Who is noble and free ? — I would he were nobler Than to love me." The commonplace young person will be apt to say or think c'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas — V... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 590 pages
...the volume and puzzling his or her way along will come by and by to the verse: — " Have I a lover Who is noble and free ? — I would he were nobler Than to love me." The commonplace young person will be apt to say or think c'est maffnifique, mais ce n'est pas — V... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 616 pages
...the volume and puzzling his or her way along will come by and by to the verse: — " Have I a lover Who is noble and free ? — I would he were nobler Than to love me." The commonplace young person will be apt to say or think c'est magnijique, mais ce n'est pas — I'amour.... | |
 | 1894 - 444 pages
...the lore of love. His love is the ideal rather than the real passion of daily life. Have I a lover Who is noble and free ? I would he were nobler Than to love me. Love and metaphysics, however, are hardly congenial themes, especially when blended in song. Candor... | |
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