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
| Benjamin Dorr - Heavenly recognition - 1840 - 110 pages
...heaven's gate, To meet and welcome me." CAROLINE BOWLES. " LOVE NEVER FAILETH." St. Paul. They Bin who tell us LOVE can die, With life all other passions...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 - 1840 - 394 pages
...are 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...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... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 372 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...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... | |
| Henry Bacon - Consolation - 1840 - 228 pages
...it true — true as though God uttered it in every human ear — that true affection never dies. " They sin who tell us love can die — With life all other passions fly ; But this — a flame that ever burneth — From heaven it came, to heaven returneth." And it returns... | |
| Album - 1841 - 158 pages
...All joys but thine and blest Religion's die, The king of woes, pride-humbling poverty ! E. ELLIOTT. They sin, who tell us Love can die : With life all...passions of the earth, — They perish where they had their birth. But Love is indestructible ! Its holy flame for ever burneth : From heaven it came,... | |
| Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...holds the situation of poet laureate, which post he has enjoyed for nearly thirty years. LOVE. THBY 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 have their birth. But love is indestructible ; Its holy flame for... | |
| 206 pages
...LOVE. " They sin who tell us Love can die j With life all other passions fly — • All others arc but vanity. \ In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor...passions of the Earth, They perish where they have their birth. But Love is indestructible ; Its holj- flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to... | |
| William Johnson Fox - Anthems - 1841 - 132 pages
...eternity can prove ; Both men and angels, worms and gods, Exist in universal love. THEY sin who tefl us love can die ; With life all other passions fly,...In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the haunts of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth : But... | |
| Benjamin Davis Winslow - Episcopal Church - 1841 - 410 pages
...not well believe that it now springs, immortal, as his redeemed, transformed and glorious nature. " They sin who tell us love can die ; With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity ; " " But love ie indestructible, Its holy flame forever burneth, , From Heaven it came, to Heaven... | |
| American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...Thrill'd every bosom, and the family Of man, for once, partook one common joy. IMMORTALITY OF LOVE. 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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