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... Lord Byron - Page 237by Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824Full view - About this book
| 1817 - 628 pages
...into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of...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... | |
| 1817 - 608 pages
...into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of...Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. ' All heaven and earth are still, — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling... | |
| English literature - 1816 - 696 pages
...into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill. But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of...Deep into nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Lxxxvnr. " Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fata... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 492 pages
...into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of...themselves away, till they infuse Deep into nature's breabt the spirit of her hues. LXXXVI1I. " Ve stars ! Of men and empires,— '(is to be forgiven, That... | |
| Religion - 1818 - 904 pages
...voice a moment, then is still. There seemi a floating whisper on the brakes, hill, But that is fancy, for the star-light dews All silently their tears of...Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues." pp. 4T, 48. Attracted as we are by these beautiful lines, we must consent to pass over the remaining... | |
| 1818 - 896 pages
...into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on th« hill, But that is fancy, for the star-light dews , All silently their tears...Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues." pp. 47, 48. Attracted us we are by these beautiful lines, we must consent to pass over the remaining... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, thill they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues Lxxxvm. Ye stars! which are the... | |
| George Miller - Europe - 1820 - 624 pages
...beautiful, though somewhat mystical, lines of Lord Byron would almost persuade one to calculate a nativity : 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently t^ir tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till...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... | |
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