 They sin who tell us Love can die. With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell; Earthly these passions of the Earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But Love...  The curse of Kehama - Page 107by Robert Southey - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Browne Browne - Absentee landlordism - 1838 - 274 pages
...found throughout the whole range of contemporary English poets, than the well-known lines beginning, " They sin who tell us love can die ; With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity." Roderick has been more praised than any of Southey's epics, nevertheless we suspect there are not many... | |
 | Fashion - 1850 - 464 pages
...assured that ours will thank us if we transfer the precious fragment to onr columns : — " They err who tell us love can die; With life all other passions fly— All others are bnt vanity. In heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions... | |
 | Christianity - 1838 - 448 pages
...of existence — amidst pure and holy intelligences ! You remember Southey's beautiful lines : — ' They sin who tell us love can die ; With life all other passions fly — But love is indestructible, Its holy flame for ever burneth ; From heaven it comes, to heaven retumeth... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - Irish fiction - 1838 - 222 pages
...something. The motto to one of the poems ri vetted her attention. She read it twice: — " They Bin who tell us Love can die, With life all other passions fly j All others arc but vanity ! In heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of holl —... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...temple thou fillest!—majestic, serene— On this turf let me worship !—the GODHEAD I feel. LOVE. THEY sin who tell us Love can die : With life all...passions of the earth. They perish where they have their birth; But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame forever burneth, From heaven it came, to heaven... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pages
...its wounds are healing to the heart it strikes, and prepare for it an exceeding compensation of joy. "They sin who tell us. Love can die, With life all...passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth ; From Heaven it came, to... | |
 | mrs hemans - 1839 - 408 pages
...falling, When heaven its own is calling, Know then, thy guide is nigh ! II.—OH! DROOP THOU NOT. *' They sin who tell us love can die, With life all other...avarice in the vaults of hell. Earthly these passions, as of earth— They perish where they drew their birth. But love is indestructible ! Its holy flame... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...of Death smiles androses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb. LOVE'S IMMORTALITY. THEY sin who tell us love can die : With life all...dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of hell. Earthly those passions of the earth, — They perish where they have their birth — But love is indestructible... | |
 | Rembrandt Peale - American literature - 1839 - 276 pages
...being, and no pure eye can behold it robbed of these, without sorrow and indignation. S. Stickney. THEY sin who tell us love can die. With life all other...In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the depths of hell. Earthly these passions, as of earth, They perish where they have their birth. But love... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...By death alone to others given, This .moment hath to him restored The early-lost, the long-deplored. They sin who tell us Love can die. With life all other...passions of the earth, They- perish where they have their birth ; But love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to... | |
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