But Quiet to quick bosoms is a Hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the Soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys... The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 41by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1055 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1835 - 932 pages
...lose ; So hath it proved to thee, and all such lot who choose. " But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And...core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. " This makes the madmen who have made men mad By their contagion ; Conquerors and Kings, Founders of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den.(') XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And...core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. XL. XLIII. This makes the madmen who have made men mad By their contagion ; Conquerors and Kings, Founders... | |
| Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1836 - 238 pages
...all." Oh, the waywardness of the human heart ! CHAPTER XII. But quiet to quick bosoms i> a hell,— And there hath been thy bane : there is a fire And...the core Fatal to him who bears — to all who ever !>;;r;% BTROJT. Two months of the new year were passed. Mr. Delamere had crowded into that little span... | |
| lady Charlotte Susan M. Bury - 1836 - 1000 pages
...all." Oh, the waywardness of the human heart! £2 CHAPTER VI. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,— And there hath been thy bane : there is a fire And...Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest;—a fever at the core Fatal to him who bears—to all who ever bore. BTROS. Two months of the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...men; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den. * XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And...men mad By their contagion ; Conquerors and Kings, Founders of sects and systems, to whom add Sophists, Bards, Statesmen, all unquiet things Which stir... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...wide a den. (I) XLH. But qniet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is n fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In...men mad By their contagion ; conquerors and kings, Founders of sects and systems, to whom add Sophists, bards, statesmen, all unquiet things Which stir... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...hell, And there hath been thy bane; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will uot dwell ïn its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting...adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest; a fever at the cure, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. ХЕШ. This makes the madmen who have made men... | |
| Great Britain - 1841 - 516 pages
...quick bosoms, to -whom " Quiet is a hell ; • which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but must aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And,...core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore." The long- continued deathly struggle waged by England against France was not, therefore, against the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1841 - 498 pages
...India. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And this hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion in the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being,...core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. BYRON. 2. Prostra'tions, s. degrading postures. 8. Depreciated, v. diminished in value. 4. Tyrannici'dal,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, I wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear-obscure So softly Founders of sects and systems, to whom add Sophists, bards, statesmen, all unquiet things Which stir... | |
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