 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...Byron. 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...Fortune, Fame, Power, Life, have named themselves a star. .— Pope. NATURE, and Nature's laws, lay hid in night; God said, let Newton be ; and all was Light.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...poetry of heaven! ^.,, irTrrybuFbrigKiteawrwe •wotrM"reTd"'tE'e"'fa.te Of men and empires,—'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great,...afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselvei a star. LXXXIX. All heaven and earth are still—though not in sleep, But breathless, as... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1856 - 624 pages
...Ye stars ! whieh are the poetry of heaven ; If in your bright leaves we would read the lulu Of men and empires — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Oar destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And elaim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a... | |
 | Drama - 1923 - 700 pages
...— 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...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. BY MARIE DRENNAN PERSONS GURGH-GOG, a god A MUD-MAN EPIMETHEUS PANDORA THE MUD FOLK THE MOON MAN AN... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - Literature - 1923 - 284 pages
...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...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. " Stars," by Lord Byron first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is, of all... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - Anthologies - 1923 - 252 pages
...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...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. " Stars," by Lord Byron pfLTHOUGH imitation is one of the 3 — •• great instruments used by Providence... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - English poetry - 1923 - 864 pages
...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...destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindredtwith you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create 830 In us such love and reverence... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1910 - 966 pages
...your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in pur dealt And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep : — All heaven and earth are still : From the... | |
 | American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...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,...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. xcn The sky is changed! — and such a change! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong,... | |
 | Frederick Earle Emmons, Thomas Waterman Huntington - Europe - 1928 - 454 pages
...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...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves star. All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling... | |
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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... 
