We wither from our youth, we gasp away Sick sick; unfound the boon unslaked the thirst, Though to the last, in verge of our decay, Some phantom lures, such as we sought at first But all too late, so are we doubly curst, Love, fame,... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 801897Full view - About this book
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1882 - 432 pages
...so are we doubly cursed. Love, fame, amhitinn, avarice 't is the same, fiach i lie and nil ill and none the worst, For all are meteors with...And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame." Such consolatory philosophy as this would not seem to carry with it any charm, derived either from... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 308 pages
...sought at first But all too late, so are we doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice 't is the same, Each idle, and all ill, and none the worst...And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame. cxxv Few none find what they love or could have loved, Though accident, blind contact2, and... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1883 - 432 pages
...at first But all too late, so are we doubly cursed. Love, fame, ambition, avarice 't is the same, Each idle and all ill and none the...And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame." Such consolatory philosophy as this would not seem to carry with it any charm, derived either from... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 1162 pages
...we are doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice't is the same, Each idleand all illand ent of his palampore,* His breast with wounds unnumber'd...riven, His back to earth, his face to heaven, Fal thirst, flame. CXXV. Fewnonefind what they love or could have Though accident, blind contact,... | |
| Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...thought at first But all too late, so we are doubly curst. Love, Fame, Ambition, Avarice 'tis the same, Each idle and all ill and none...And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the Flame. life. Byron. WELL well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, heads... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pages
...such as \ve sought at first; But all too late; BO are we doubly curst. Lore, fame, ambition, avarice; 'tis the same, Each idle, and all ill, and none...meteors with a different name, And Death the sable stnoke where vanishes the flame.* Joy is a bubble. Wretchedness is the common destiny. All rush to... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1885 - 420 pages
...at first But all too late, so are we doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice 't is the same, Each idle, and all ill, and none the worst...all are meteors with a different name, And Death the säble smoke where vanishes the flame. 123, 7. reaping zu us. Hosea 8, 7 they have sown the wind... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 360 pages
...sought at first But all too late, so are we doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice 'tis the same, Each idle, and all ill, and none the...worst For all are meteors with a different name, 1115 And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame. 125. Few none find what they love... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 288 pages
...sought at first But all too late, so are we doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice 'tis the same, Each idle, and all ill, and none the...worst For all are meteors with a different name, \nd Death the sable smoke where vanishes the cxxv. Few none find what they love or could have... | |
| Alfred Williams Momerie - 1885 - 372 pages
...longer. " The things which are seen are temporal:" " Love, fame, ambition, avarice, 'tis the same ; For all are meteors with a different name, And death the sable smoke, where vanishes the flame. " Nay, this earth of ours, which seems the very emblem of permanence, is doomed to come to an end.... | |
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