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The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with ... - Page 402
by John Galt - 1824 - 444 pages
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

English literature - 1816 - 692 pages
...said is well said, and the comparison at the . dose, though highly wrought, is extremely felicitous. " But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath...will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Beyoud the fitting medium of desire ; Of aught but rest:...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volumes 7-8

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...thrown ) Like stern Diogenes to mock at men ; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide adcu. ' XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; th*re is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell in its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond...
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Lord Byron, Volume 1

Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pages
...to mock at men; For sceptred eynics earth were far too wide a den. XLII. But quiet to quick besoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is...dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitling medinm of dcsire ; (*) Vov e/. les notes. elle se nourrit de hautes aventures, et ne se lasse...
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The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron, Volume 1

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...were far too wide a den. XL1I. But quict to quick hosoms is a hell, And there hath heen thy hane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow heing, hut aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, hut onee kindled, quenehless evermore,...
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The complete works of lord Byron with a biogr. and critical ..., Volumes 1-2

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...thrown) Like stern Diogenes, to mock at men; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den .9 XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath...its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medinm of desire; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...following stanzas might have been applied perhaps as forcibly to Lord Byron as to the dethroned emperor : But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath...motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own uarrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medinm of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore,...
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A Review of the Character and Writings of Lord Byron

Willard Phillips - 1826 - 194 pages
...memory, as a striking expression of any general truth. The following is one of his most laboured efforts. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath...there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwelt In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled,...
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The works of lord Byron

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...bosoms le a hell. And (Acre hath been thy bane ; there i« a And motion of the soul which will nut il In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting...medium of desire; And, but once kindled, quenchless e» era Preys upon high adventure, nor can in Dl'auplit Jjut rest; a fever at the eon. Fatal to him...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...thrown) Like stern Diogenes to mock at men ; For sceptred cynies earth were far too wide a den. XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire Arid motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Including the Suppressed Poems. Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...earth were far loo wide a den.9 XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And títere hath been ihy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which...aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but о ut e kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon hi ;h adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ;...
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