Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for... Sir Henry Delmé, by a bushman - Página 47por sir Henry Delmé (fict.name.) - 1841Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
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...their bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires — 'tis to be forgiven, That in oar aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with them : for they are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 páginas
...a critic only slay himself critically, dooming himself to " hoise with his own petard," why, ' tis to be forgiven " That in our aspirations to be great. Our destinies o'erleap our mortal state." In a place where there were no Quarterly Journals, the veracious historian, Sir... | |
| Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 952 páginas
...into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. J LXXXV11I Ye stars, which are the poetry of heaven 1 F5 F5 F5 empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their... | |
| Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 páginas
...poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate S25 Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'crleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create... | |
| Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 530 páginas
...instil,. 821 Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate 825 Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies... | |
| George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 páginas
...the poetry of heaven ! If in vour bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,— 'tis o 'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and... | |
| Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - 1919 - 714 páginas
...instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. any empires, — 'tis to be given, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal... | |
| Vida Dutton Scudder - 1919 - 572 páginas
...instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their... | |
| Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - 1922 - 326 páginas
...PLANETS ...... 245 GLOSSARY OF TERMS ........ •. 253 INDEX ........ •.• •. ... •. •. . 265 ,/ "Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires — 'tis to be forgiven That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal... | |
| Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 284 páginas
...something excellent, we take complacency in some singular infirmity, folly or defect. — Edmund Burke. Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires — 't is to be forgiven That in our aspirations to be great Our destinies o'erleap their mortal... | |
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