 ... guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid...  De Quincey's Writings - Side 77af Thomas De Quincey - 1851Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1847 - 580 sider
...works without a painful and somewhat compunctious feeling : in the noble words of Mr. Wordsworth — ' Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away.' AHT. II.— The Life of Mrs. Godolphin. By John Evelyn, of Wootton, Esq. Now first... | |
 | 1847 - 610 sider
...works without a painful and somewhat compunctious feeling : in the noble words of Mr. Wordsworth — " Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was. great is passed away-" GIGANTIC BIHDS' NESTS. — Mr. Gould describes the Wattled Talegalla, or Brush Turkey,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 362 sider
...Lady C. is your countrywoman, and not an Irishwoman at all. This was a bad beginning certainly : but was Lord A quite accurate ? Lady C. was a daughter...was great has pass'd away.' But here the previous circumstancestwere far different from those of Venice, nay opposite. There we saw a superannuated and... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1852 - 274 sider
...that they effected not still more, and that their better spirit has iu so great a measure departed. " Men are we ; and must grieve, when even the shade Of that which once was great has passed away." CHAPTER VII. GENERAL VIEW OP THE CHARACTER, LITERATURE, AIMS, AlfD ATTAINED OBJECTS,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 342 sider
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid, When her long life hath reach'd its final day : Men are we , and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great has passed away."] Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 sider
...decay -; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid, When her long life hath reach'd its final day : Men are we , and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great has passed away."] Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain,... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 sider
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. WORDSWORTH. BRITISH FREEDOM. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 404 sider
...all, — " Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great has passed away." But here the previous circumstances were far different from those of Venice. There we saw a superannuated and paralytic state, sinking at any rate into the grave, and yielding,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 sider
...Mary's Lake Float double, swan and shadow ! Sonnets to National Independence and Liberty. Part i. vi. Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. Part i. xiv. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart. So didst thou travel on life's... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 sider
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. TO. THE KING OF SWEDEN. THE Voice of song from distant lands shall call To that great... | |
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