 Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye...  The British Critic: A New Review - Page 6111816Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 548 pages
...popfry "fh?yivmij If in your bright leaves we would read the fate > f Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, * Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claun a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 't is to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great,...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. The sky is changed! and such a change! Oh night, And storm and darkness, ye are wond'rous strong, Yet... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 't is to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great,...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. The sky is changed! and such a change! Oh night, And storm and darkness, ye are wond'rous strong, Yet... | |
 | 1844 - 836 pages
...empires, 'tis to he forgiven 'I'll, it, in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o erleap this mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye...reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have nam'd themselves a star." When we cast our eyes on the heavens we behold a vast hemi-phere expanding... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1845 - 832 pages
...find empires — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'er leap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ;...and create In us such love and reverence from afar, J That fortune, fane, power, life, have named themselves a star." age — there are no means adopted... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...are the poetry of heaven ! If in yonr bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires : 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great,...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. All heaven and earth are still, — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,— Ч is to be forgiven, That, in our aspirations tobe great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state,...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. LXXXIX. All heaven and earth are still— though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...the poetry of Heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great,...and create In us such love and reverence from afar, [star. That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a All heav'n and earth are still —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — Ч is / créale In us such love and reverence from afar, Thu fortune, fame, power, life, have named iliemsclre*... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...and empires, — 't is t/) be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great. Our destinies o'crleap & LXXXIX. All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling... | |
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