 O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed ; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity : Cold Pastoral ! When old age shall this generation waste,...  From the age of Johnson to the age of Tennyson - Page 137by Richard Garnett - 1903Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 750 pages
...river or sea-shore, Or mountain-built \vith peaceful citadel, Is emptied of its folk, this pious mom ? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent...other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st ' Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."... | |
 | 1820 - 416 pages
...out of thought As doth eternity ! Cold Pastoral, When old age shall this generation waste, Thou wilt remain in midst of other woe Than ours a friend to Man, to whom thou say'st Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.—That is all Ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know. VOL.... | |
 | 1821 - 724 pages
...consecrated to an imaginary vase. Cold pastoral ! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, Beauty is truth, truth beauty. A gardener now joined us, and proceeded forthwith to fasten... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 460 pages
...marble men and maidens overwrought With forest branches and the trodden weed ; Thou, silent form ! doat tease us out of thought As doth eternity : Cold Pastoral!...other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, " Eeauty is truth, truth beauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pages
...of thought As doth eternity : Cold Pastoral ! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth beauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...of thought As doth eternity : Cold Pastoral ! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thon say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth heauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to... | |
 | 1839 - 684 pages
...of thought As doth eternity : Cold Pastoral ! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth beauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and aU ye need to know.... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 554 pages
...out of thought As doth eternity : Cold Pastoml ! When old age shall this genemtion waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth beauty," — that i# all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.... | |
 | Frederick William Faber - 1842 - 300 pages
...thought As doth eternity : Cold Pastoral I When old age shall this generation waste, • . Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou sayst, ' Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."... | |
 | 1843 - 744 pages
...for evermore Will silent be ; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. v. " О Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble...other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st ' Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."... | |
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