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
| New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 pages
...God," and thus never bereft of the Divine Presence, such should be an object of our effort to attain. " There is a fire And motion of the soul, which will...evermore ā Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of ought but rest." Herein lies danger ; and the example of Swedenborg, in regard to a particular order... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...at the close, though highly wrought, is extremely felicitous. " 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... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...far too wide adcu. ' XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; th*re is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell...nor can tire Of aught but rest; a fever at the core, 1'utal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. XLIII. This jnakrs the madmen who have made men^mad... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...men; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den.<9> XLII. But quiet to quiet 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 Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...men ; For sceptred cynies earth were far too wide a den. XLH. But quiet to quick bosoms is a bell, 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... | |
| Stephen Simpson - 1823 - 268 pages
...hell, And there hath been my bane ; there is afire And motion of the soul .which will not 'd.aiell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting...adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the care, Fatal to him who bears, to a!; who ever bore. Unreasonable desire, or inordinate ambition, how.... | |
| John Galt - 1824 - 468 pages
...Iā- 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, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...mock at men ; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den. 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... | |
| John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...choose. " But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, :&^ And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire r And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its...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... | |
| 1825 - 504 pages
...general truth. The following is one of his most labored efforts. 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... | |
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