 ... 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
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 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 pass'd away. W. Wordsworth LONDON, MDCCCII O Friend ! I know not which way I must look To think that now our life... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1861 - 388 sider
...event could not break the shock of it. Venice, it is true, had become a shade; but, after 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... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 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, is pass'd away. WORDSWORTH. fmppg is (Bnglanb. HAPPY is England ! I could be content To see no other... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 sider
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret bo 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. VII. THE gING Of SWEDEN. Nor cheer him ; for the illustrious Swede hath done The thing... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 488 sider
...the event could not break the shock of it. Venice, it is true, had become a shade ; but, after all, " Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which onee was great has pass'd away." But here the previous circumstances were far different from those... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 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 pass'd away. W. WORDSWORTH N130 SONNET 'OT Love, not War, nor the tumultuous swell of civil conflict,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 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. LXXXIV TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men ! Whether the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 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. LXXXIV TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men ! Whether the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 sider
...Grace. Stanza 9. The swan on still St. Mary's Lake Float double, swan and shadow ! Yarrow Unvisited. Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. Sounets to National Independence and Libertg. Part i. vl. Thou hast left behind Powers... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1866 - 248 sider
...strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of respect 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." * In the early days of the Reformation, Venice and the Lake District were among the... | |
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