Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess The might — the majesty of Loveliness... THE DUBLIN PENNY JOURNAL - Page 286by Philip Dixon Hardy - 1836Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 719 pages
...Was she — the daughter of that rude old Chief, Who met the maid with tears — but not of grief. Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty^s heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his tailing sight Faints into dimness with its own... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1867
...; Was she— the daughter of that rude old Chief, Who met the maid with tears — but not of grief. Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 715 pages
...away, and know not why, Dazzled and drunk with beauty, till the heart Reels with its fulness Byron. Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868
...above, Was she— the daughter of that rude old Chief. Who met the maid with tears— but not of grief. Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray ? Who r ! it h not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 778 pages
...roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine ? The Bride of Abydos. Canto i. St. \. Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing... | |
 | Teresa Guiccioli (contessa.) - 1869
...Was she — the daughter of that rude old Chief, Who met the maid with tears — but not of grief. " Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Fore-edge painting - 1870 - 720 pages
...Was she — the daughter of that rude old Chief, Who met the maid with tears — but not of grief. down to love. • The now celebrated bread-fnilt, to transplant «ЫсЬ Сч« ray? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872
...above ; * Was she—the daughter of that rude old Chief, Who met the maid with tears—but not of grie& Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, uutil his tailing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873
...Was she — the davighter of that rude old Chief, Who met the maid with tears — but not of grief. Who hath not proved how feebly words essay ° To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his failing .sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1873 - 530 pages
...belongs rather to general history than to the particular and private incidents of our tale. CHAPTER V. " Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight. His changing... | |
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