 The beings of the mind are not of clay; Essentially immortal, they create And multiply in us a brighter ray And more beloved existence : that which Fate Prohibits to dull life, in this our state Of mortal bondage, by these spirits supplied First exiles,...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Page 14by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
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...immortal, they create And multiply in us a brighter ray 40 And more beloved existence: that which Fate Prohibits to dull life, in this our state Of mortal...Watering the heart whose early flowers have died, 45 And with a fresher growth replenishing the void. VI Such is the refuge of our youth and age, The... | |
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...immortal, they create And multiply in us a brighter ray And more beloved existence. That which Fate Prohibits to dull life in this our state Of mortal...died, And with a fresher growth replenishing the void. (Childe Harold, 4.5) For Byron, poetic writing "can re-people with the past," but it nevertheless weighs... | |
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