 FAUST. Happy in error's sea who finds the land, Or o'er delusion's waves his limbs can buoy; We use the arts we cannot understand — And what we know, we know not to employ. But let us not, in fancy's moody play, The moment's present raptures waste away....  The New Road to Ruin: A Novel - Page 38by Lady Catherine Pollock Manners Stepney - 1833Full view - About this book
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1823 - 324 pages
...name ; Increase your stores, in manhood's later day, Your sons in after time shall do the same. FAUST. Happy in error's sea who finds the land, Or o'er delusion's...to employ. But let us not, in fancy's moody play, See how, from tufted trees, in evening's glow, Ere daylight sets, the cottage casements glow : It sinks,... | |
 | John Galt - Scotland - 1824 - 470 pages
...which soon follows, is full of beautiful and lofty poetry. It is one of the gems of the book." FAUST. " Happy in error's sea who finds the land, Or o'er delusion's...moody play, The moment's present raptures waste away. See how, from tufted trees, in evening's glow, Ere daylight sets, the cottage casements glow It sinks,... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...soon follows, is full of beautiful and lofty poetry. It is one of the gems of the boo1 ." FAUST. " Happy in error's sea who finds the land, Or o'er delusion's waves his limbs can buoy ; We use the arts we canfiot understand — And what we know, we know not to employ. But let us not, in fancy's moody play,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1824 - 470 pages
...Jttagajme, Happy in Error's lea who finds the land, Or o'er Delusion's waves hts limb* сни buoy î We use the Arts we cannot understand — And what we know, we know not. to employ. Goethe'} laust, translated bu Lord FL Gower. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1824. [Price :W, DESCRIPTION OF A NEW... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - German poetry - 1825 - 232 pages
...name ; Increase your stores, in manhood's later day, Your sons in after time shall do the same. FAUST. Happy in error's sea who finds the land, Or o'er delusion's...moody play, The moment's present raptures waste away. See how, from tufted trees, in evening's glow, Ere daylight sets, the cottage casements glow : It sinks,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1833 - 396 pages
...translation. Lord F. Gower has translated it thus : — " Happy in error's sea who finds the land, 2. Or o'er delusion's waves his limbs can buoy; We use the arts we cannot understand — 4. And what we know, we know not to employ. But let us not, in fancy's moody play, 6. The moment's... | |
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