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" Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates, And men are —... "
The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review - Page 338
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The Works of Lord Byron: Manfred. Hebrew melodies. Ode to Napoleon ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 304 pages
...downward, onward, or above With a pervading vision.—Beautiful! How beautiful is all this visible world I How glorious in its action and itself! But we, who...essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will Till our mortality predominates,...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

English literature - 1847 - 524 pages
...a scene — miles and miles away from the mark of human hand, where, perhaps, alone I can truly see How beautiful is all this visible world, How glorious in its action and itself, where, a human speck, we stand alone amid the habitations of the hugest and deadliest of the brute...
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The works of lord Byron, comprehending the suppressed poems, Volumes 5-6

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...cannot follow thee ; but thine Yet pierces downward, onward, or above With a pervading vision. — Beautiful ! How beautiful is all this visible world...essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride. Contending with low wants and lofty will Till our mortality predominates,...
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Happiness: A Tale, for the Grave and the Gay, Volume 2

1822 - 240 pages
...section of it — Humanity! • beautiful ! How beautiful is all the visible world ! How glorious in it» action and itself! But we, who name ourselves its...essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride. Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates...
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Select Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: In Two Volumes, Volume 2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 310 pages
...cannot follow tb.ee ; but thine Yet pierces downward, onward, or above With a pervading vision. — Beautiful ! How beautiful is all this visible world...ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike UHfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath...
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The works of lord Byron, Volume 4

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 394 pages
...cannot follow thee ; but thine Yet pierces downward, onward, or above With a pervading vision. — Beautiful ! How beautiful is all this visible world ! How glorious in its action and itseif ! But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink...
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The Beauties of Byron,: Consisting of Selections from His Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...follow thee; but thine Yet pierces downward, onward, or above With a pervading vision—Beautiful! How beautiful is all this visible world ! How glorious...half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mixed essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride,...
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The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron, Volume 2

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 340 pages
...down ward, onward, or ahove With a pervading vision. — Beautiful! How heautiful is all this visihle world! How glorious in its action and itself; But...half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our inix'd essence make A conflict of its elements, and hreathe The hreath of degradation and of pride,...
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The Beauties of Byron,: Consisting of Selections from His Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...eye cannot follow thee ; but thine Yet pierces downward, onward, or above With a pervading vision — Beautiful! How beautiful is all this visible world...its action and itself ! But we, who name ourselves iis sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mixed essence make...
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...from his own pen may fitly conclude this notice : — Beautiful ! How beautiful is all this risible ics exhibited in sumptuous shrines, were effectual...against Satan occasioned him to ascend upon earth breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will Till our mortality predominates,...
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