 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1887 - 506 pages
...me a stranger; though I wore thé form, I had not sympathy with breathing flesh.... i could not lame my nature down ; for he Must serve who fain would sway — and soothe — and sue — And watch ail time — and pry into ail place — And be a Hving lie — who would become A mighty thing upon... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - Elocution - 1887 - 276 pages
...; Not by the old gradation, where each Second Stood heir to the First. DISDAINFUL SCORN — Byron. I could not tame my nature down : for he Must serve...watch all time, and pry into all place, — And be Tv a living lie, — who would become A mighty thing amongst the mean; — and such The mass are —... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - Elocution - 1887 - 270 pages
...; Not by the old gradation, where each Second Stood heir to the First. DISDAINFUL SCORN. —Byron. I could not tame my nature down : for he Must serve...-watch all time, and pry into all place, — And be TN a living lie, — who would become A mighty thing amongst the mean ; — and such The mass are —... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1890 - 520 pages
...be so,—cross'd me in my path, I felt myself degraded back to them, And was all clay again. . . . l I could not tame my nature down; for he Must serve who fain would sway—and soothe—and sue—• And watch all time—and pry into all place— And be a living lie—who... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1891 - 752 pages
...could not tame my nature down ; for he [and sue — Must serve who fain would sway ; and soothe— at to sail the deeps — disdain'd to mingle with A herd, though to be leader— and of wolves. The lion is alone, and so am... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1900 - 492 pages
...mighty still. — But this is past, My thoughts mistook themselves. Abbot. And wherefore so ? Man. I could not tame my nature down ; for he Must serve...would become A mighty thing amongst the mean, and such 120 The mass are : I disdain'd to mingle with A herd, though to be leader — and of wolves. The lion... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901 - 632 pages
...appear to be springing upwards from the bed of the waterfall] Man. I could not tame my nature down e for he Must serve who fain would sway ; and soothe,...become A mighty thing amongst the mean — and such 120 The mass are ; I disdained to mingle with A herd, though to be leader — and of wolves. The lion... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901 - 660 pages
...Staubbach, which, in certain aspects, appear to be springing upwards from the bed of the waterfall.] Man. I could not tame my nature down ; for he Must serve who fain would sway j and soothe, and sue, And watch all time, and pry into all place, And be a living Lie, who would become... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1904 - 942 pages
...but mighty still. — But this is past, My thoughts mistook themselves. Abbot. And wherefore so? Man. I should be Thy prey, and gorge thine eaglets ; thou disdain'd to mingle with A herd, though to be leader — and of wolves. The lion is alone, and so am... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1904 - 520 pages
...so, — cross'd me in my path, I felt myself degraded back to them, And was all clay again. . . .l I could not tame my nature down ; for he Must serve...become A mighty thing amongst the mean, and such The moss are ; I disdain'd to mingle with A herd, though to be leader — and of wolves. ... * tie lives... | |
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I could not tame my nature down; for he Must serve who fain would sway— and soothe, and sue. And watch all time, and pry into all place, And be a living lie, who would become A mighty thing amongst the mean, and such The mass are ; I disdain'd to mingle... 
