 Of heaven; and shalt again. The hour shall come, When they who think to bind the ethereal spirit, Who, like the eagle cowering o'er his prey, Watch with quick eye, and strike and strike again If but a sinew vibrate, shall confess Their wisdom folly.  Italy: A Poem - Page 51by Samuel Rogers - 1823 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Maxwell - 1848 - 460 pages
...thou art lying, alas, Low in the dust ; and they who come admire thee As we admire the beautiful in death. Thine was a dangerous gift, — the gift of...already; Twice shone among the nations of the world, As (he sun shines among the lesser lights Of heaven ; and shalt again. The hour shall come When they who... | |
 | 1850 - 458 pages
...has uprisen from her own funeral pile, more bright, more beautiful, more glorious, than when " She shone among the nations of the world, As the sun shines among the lesser lights of heaven." TO THE WOMEN OF ITALY. " Often in times past some voice has been raised to urge women to reassert their... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 pages
...T»S a dangerous gift, the gift of beauty. Wwld thou hadst less, or wert as once thou wast, '•piting nd with hasty blow, "rat uV indignant boy to grieve below ; •" >t the door an angry '»ice ihone among the nations of the world, 1' the sun shines among the lesser lights Wkaien; and... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...thou art lying, alas ! Low in the dust , and they who come, admire thee As we admire the beautiful in death. Thine was a dangerous gift, the gift of beauty....sun shines among the lesser lights Of heaven; and shall again. The hour shall come When they who think to bind the ethereal spirit, Who, like the eagle... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 494 pages
...That now beset thee, making thee their slave ! Would they had loved thee less, or feared thee more ! * But why despair? Twice hast thou lived already ; "...sun shines among the lesser lights Of heaven ; and shall again. The hour shall come, When they who think to bind the ethereal spirit, Who, like the eagle... | |
 | 1854 - 402 pages
...thou art lying, alas ! Low in the dust ; and they who come, admire thee As we admire the beautiful in death. Thine was a dangerous gift, the gift of beauty....wert as once thou wast, Inspiring awe in those who enslave thee ! — But why despair ? Twice hast thou lived already, Twice shone among the nations of... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1856 - 458 pages
...lees, or feared thee more ! From the sonnet of Filicaja, " Italia ! Italia ! " &c. Page 245, line 2. Twice hast thou lived already ; Twice shone among the nations of the world, All our travellers, from Addison downward, have diligently explored the monuments of her former existence... | |
 | James Harris (of King's sch, Chester.) - 1865 - 128 pages
...That now beset thee, making thee their slave ! Would they had loved thee less, or feared thee more! —But why despair? Twice hast thou lived already;...the world, As the sun shines among the lesser lights Who, like the eagle cowering o'er his prey, Watch with quick eye, and strike and strike again If but... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1866 - 228 pages
...That now beset thee, making thee their slave ! Would they had loved thee less, or feared thee more ! But why despair? Twice hast thou lived already; Twice...sun shines among the lesser lights Of heaven ; and shall again. The hour shall come, . PALLANZA, LAGO MAGGIORE. When they who think to bind the ethereal... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1866 - 228 pages
...That now beset thee, making thee their slave ! Would they had loved thee less, or feared thee more But why despair? Twice hast thou lived already; Twice...sun shines among the lesser lights Of heaven ; and shall again. The hour shall come, PALLANZA, LAUO MAGO1ORE. When they who think to bind the ethereal... | |
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