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" Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle— this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed: Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. "
Progressive exercises on the composition of Greek iambic verse - Page 113
by Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson - 1847 - 123 pages
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The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical ..., Volume 3

1842 - 748 pages
...respect ? Because they carry in themselves яп earnest That we can suffer greatly. MAR. Very true. Osw. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — Tie done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,...
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The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 1

John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...OSWALD. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — Г is done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves...obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. MARMADUKE. Truth— and I feel it. OSWALD. What! if you had bid Eternal farewell to unmingled joy And...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 14

1843 - 746 pages
...Because they carry in themselves an earnest That we can suffer greatly. MARMADUKE. Very true. OSWALD. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'T is done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,...
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American Eclectic and Museum of Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 1

John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 pages
...Because they carry in themselves an earnest That we can suffer greatly. MARMADUKE. Very true. OSWALD. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'T is done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves likt men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,...
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The Poems of William Wordsworth, D.C.L., Poet Laureate, Etc. Etc

William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...fulfil The comprehensive mandate which they give RYDAL MOUNT, WSSTMOBELAND, April SO, HI!.'. ' Aetion is transitory— a step, a blow. The motion of a muscle — this way or that — Tis done ; and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark....
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The Poems of William Wordsworth ...

William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...to fulfil The comprehensive mandate which they give RYDAL MOUNT, WESTMORELAND, April 20, I'M,'.. • Action is transitory— a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle— this way or that — Tie done ; and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Buffering is permanent,...
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The North British Review, Volumes 8-9

1848 - 626 pages
...•.>(.;( ft.i (I'Uj rr 1///VO. i. «.; u • issuing from a state, like the spring of water from its well. Action is transitory — a step — a blow, The motion...wonder at ourselves like men betrayed." "Suffering" (obedience, or being as opposed to doing'), — " Suffering is permanent, And has the nature of infinity."...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 17

1848 - 636 pages
...great act and not a series of acts, issuing from a state, like the spring of water from its well. " Action is transitory — a step — a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that ; 'T is done — and in the after vacancy, We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed." " Suffering"...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 104

1901 - 688 pages
...Oswald : Action ia transitory — a stop, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that— "Fis done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves...obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. JAJ HOUSDEN. Canonbury, N. [Similar replies from CLF and EHC are acknowledged.] LITTLE GIDDINQ : STOURBRIDGE...
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Notes and Queries

1901 - 578 pages
...:— Oswald : Action is transitory—a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle—this way or that— 'Tie done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves...permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of inanity. Canonbury, N. JAJ HOUSDEN. [Similar replies from CLF and KHC are acknowledged.] LITTLE QIDDINQ...
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