 | American literature - 1852 - 448 pages
...are, doubtless, familiar to every reader of these pages, yet I cannot forbear transcribing them here : "And slight, withal, may be the things which bring...on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside forever ; it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's breath, or spring — A flower — a leaf... | |
 | Mélanie V de Régnier - 1852 - 356 pages
...contagieux " N'altère point sou innocence. EACINE. CHAPITRE IV. But ever and anon of griefs subdued Thére comes a token, like a scorpion's sting, Scarce seen,...fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be tbe things which bring Back on the héart the weight which it would fling Âside for ever ; it may... | |
 | William Charles McKinnon - American fiction - 1852 - 300 pages
...illusive and shadowy it grows. The same feeling, I expect, was felt by Byron, when he says : — ' But, ever and anon, of griefs subdued, There comes a token, like a scorpion's sting — Scarce felt — but with fresh bitterness imbued.' " Men who entertain this morbid feeling are ridiculed,... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Slavery - 1852 - 338 pages
...could, Cassy left the shed. CHAPTER XXXV. THE TOKENS. " And slight, withal, may be the things that bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside forever; it may be a sound, A flower, the wind, the ocean, which shall wound, — Striking the electric... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1852 - 682 pages
...fearless-hearted, Our brethren of the sword ! HAUNTED GROUND. •» And iliffht, withal, may be the thingm which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Abide for ever — it may be a sound, A tone of music, Summer eve, or Spring, A flower— the wind—... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1852 - 446 pages
...like Babylon ! t04 ON BURNING A PACKET OF LETTERS. And slight withal may be the things that bring Bock on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever. BYRON. Relies of love, and life's enchanted spring, Of hopes, born rainbow-like of smiles and tears,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English fiction - 1853 - 502 pages
...snbdned There comes a token like a scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, bnt with fresh hitterness imbned ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it wonld fling Aside for ever: it may be a sonnd— A tone of mnsic—snmmer's eve—or spring— A flower—the... | |
 | Lady Catherine Long - 1853 - 1358 pages
...to things their point." And she repeated incomparably those incomparable lines : " And slight indeed may be the things which bring, Back on the heart the weight that it would fling Aside for ever ; — it may be a sound, — A tone of music, — summer's eve —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 378 pages
...seek devotion, toil, war, good or crime, According as their souls were form'd to sink or climb. XXIII. But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a...on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside forever: it may be a sound— A tone of music—summer's eve—or spring:— A flower—the wind—the... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1854 - 266 pages
...were filled with flowers, and a soft wind wafted their perfume, my thoughts reverted to past days. " Slight withal may be the things which bring Back on...weight which it would fling Aside for ever. It may be a sonnd, Л tone of music — summer's eve or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean whhh shall... | |
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Aside for ever: it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound... 
