 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...goose," as I may say, Where everybody has somе separate aim, An end to answer or a plan to lay. Byron. Beautiful ! How beautiful is all this visible world How glorious in its aetion and itself; But we who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1856 - 430 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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...onward, or above, With a pervading vision.—Beautiful 1 How beautiful is all this visible world I How glorious in its action and itself! But we, who...sovereigns, we, ^Half dust, half deity, alike unfit if 9 * To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1856 - 794 pages
...pierces! downward, onward, or above With ii pervading vision. — Benutilul ! How beautiful is~all this visible world" How glorious in its action and itself! But we, who name curatives its sovereigns, we, Hair dust, half deity, alike unfit * To Gink or soar, with our mix'd... | |
 | Eduardo Ospina - Colombian poetry - 1927 - 460 pages
...dolorosa, porsino íntima y dolorosamente : Byron : But we, who name ourselves its [visible world's] sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar... (Manfred, act. I, esc. II.) (Nosotros, que nos llamamos reyes del mundo visible; nosotros, mezcla de... | |
 | Robert Metcalf Smith - Drama - 1928 - 538 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,... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - Comparative linguistics - 1896 - 496 pages
...behandelten sprösslinge der gebirgsthäler; vgl. Manfred's monolog, Act I, sc. 2 (Works p. 179 b): How beautiful is all this visible world! How glorious...unfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make 5 A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low... | |
 | Marie Corelli - 1972 - 446 pages
...bard. The book was open at " Manfred," and the lines on which old Kremlin's eyes rested were these : * How beautiful is all this visible world ! How glorious...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,... | |
 | Wolf Z. Hirst - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 218 pages
...thoughts of suicide and remarks on the beauty of the Alpine scenery so reminiscent of the Golden Age: Beautiful! How beautiful is all this visible world! How glorious in its action and itself; Hark! the note, [The Shepherd's pipe in the distance is heard The natural music of the mountain reed... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...onward, or above, With a pervading vision.— Beautiful ! How beautiful is all this visible world I nor fish, beast, bird, nor worm, Save the worm which...a moment's form, But must with thyself be blent : breath« The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our... | |
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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 —... 
