 This is the curse of life ! that not A nobler, calmer train Of wiser thoughts and feelings blot Our passions from our brain ; But each day brings its petty dust Our soon-choked souls to fill, And we forget because we must And not because we will.  Dorothy: A Tale - Page 72by Margaret Agnes Paull - 1856 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1853 - 298 pages
...eyes of grey Thine eyes, my love, I see. I shudder : for the passing day Had borne me far from thee. This is the curse of life : that not A nobler calmer...our brain ; But each day brings its petty dust Our soon-chok'd souls to fill, And we forget because we must, And not because we will. I struggle towards... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 386 pages
...eyes of gray Thine eyes, my love, I see. I shudder : for the passing day Had borne me far from thee. This is the curse of life : that not A nobler calmer...our brain ; But each day brings its petty dust Our soon-chok'd souls to fili, And we forget because we must, And not because we will. I struggle towards... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1861 - 570 pages
...see. I shudder: for the passing day Had borne me far from thee. 522 Living English Poets. T.Feb. " This is the curse of life : that not A nobler calmer...our brain ; " But each day brings its petty dust Our soon-chok'd souls to fill, And we forget because we must, And not because we will. "I struggle towards... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1879 - 672 pages
...press," may indeed re-echo with peculiar truth and sadness those admirable lines of Mr. Arnold's, " This is the curse of life ! that not A nobler, calmer...our brain. " But each day brings its petty dust Our soon-choked souls to fill ; And we forget because we must, And not because we will." If, then, journalism... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1867 - 802 pages
...We could not retain our griefs in their first freshness, even if wo would. As Mr. Arnold says : — This is the curse of life : that not A nobler, calmer,...from our brain. But each day brings its petty dust, Oar soon choked souls to fill ; And we forget because we must, And not because we will. In a word,... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1867 - 832 pages
...We could not retain our griefs in their first freshness, even if we would. As Mr. Arnold says : — This is the curse of life : that not • A nobler,...calmer, train Of wiser thoughts and feelings blot Our pasvions from our brain. Bnt each day brings its petty dust, Our soon choked souls to fill; And we... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...eyes of grey Thine eyes, my love !. I see. I shudder! for the passing day Had borne me far from thee. This is the curse of life! that not A nobler, calmer...our brain; But each day brings its petty dust Our soon-choked souls to fill, And we forget because we must, And not because we will. I struggle towards... | |
 | William Rathbone Greg - Literature, Modern - 1873 - 366 pages
...could not retain our griefs in their first freshness, even if we would. As Mr. Arnold says : — " This is the curse of life : that not A nobler, calmer...from our brain. " But each day brings its petty dust, OUT soon choked souls to fill ; And we forget because we must, And not because we will." In a word,... | |
 | William Rathbone Greg - Criticism - 1873 - 370 pages
...their first freshness, even if we would. As Mr. Arnold says : •— • "This fa the curse of Mo : that not A nobler, calmer train Of wiser thoughts...feelings blot Our passions from our brain. " But each day brines its petty dust. Our. soon choked souls to fill ; And we forget because we must, And not because... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1875 - 800 pages
...a bit of reflection which one of Mr. Arnold's critics has quoted as being peculiarly prosaic : — This is the curse of life ! that not A nobler, calmer...our brain ; But each day brings its petty dust Our soon-choked souls to fill, And we forget because we must, And not because we will. But this is not... | |
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