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
| Isaac Brandon - 1811 - 598 pages
...wide a den." XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And tltere hath been thy bane ; there is a ure And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its...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.) - 1879 - 290 pages
...motion of the soul, which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medinm of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore,...core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. XillI. Thia makes the madmen who have made men mad By their contagion ! Conquerors and Kings, Founders... | |
| Lew Wallace - Bible - 1880 - 572 pages
...all proceed from the Son. Happy they who then believe in him ! Let us wait that period. BOOK SECOND. "There is a fire And motion of the soul which will...upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest." Childe Harold. CHAPTER I. IT is necessary now to carry the reader forward twentyone years, to the beginning... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 802 pages
...at men ; ' "or sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den.* But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, • The great error of Napoleon, ' If we have writ our annals true,' was a continued obtrusion on mankind... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 684 pages
...men ; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den. XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, n the Necrology, from the month of July 1570 to 1571....single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears : XL1II. This makes the madmen who have made men mad By their contagion ! Conquerors and Kings, Founders... | |
| Lewis Wallace - 1881 - 594 pages
...from the Son. Happy they who then believe in him ! Let us wait that period. BOOK SECOND. " There ia a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell...upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest." Childe Harold. CHAPTER I. IT is necessary now to carry the reader forward twentyone years, to the beginning... | |
| Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1883 - 518 pages
...led. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there 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, This makes the madmen, who have made men mad By their contagion, conquerors and kings, Founders of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English drama - 1883 - 1162 pages
...thy throne, XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there is a flre trembling: and suspicious tyranny. Such were his speeches to public assemblies as well as Individuals;... | |
| Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1883 - 518 pages
...bane; there is a fire And motion in the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire And but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon...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... | |
| Lewis Wallace - 1884 - 522 pages
...proceed from the Son. Happy they who then believe in Him ! Let us wait that period. BOOK SECOND. ' ' There is a fire And motion of the soul which will...high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest.'' Childe Harold. CHAPTER I. ROME AND JUDEA. IT is necessary now to carry the reader forward twenty-one... | |
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