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" 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... "
Beauties of the Country: Or, Descriptions of Rural Customs, Objects, Scenery ... - Page 283
by Thomas Miller - 1837 - 425 pages
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The Collected Poems of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in oar aspirations to be great, Our destinies p'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ;...reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, hare named themselves a star. LXXXIX. All heaven and earth are still— though not in sleep, Bat breathless,...
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Lord Byron: The Critical Heritage

Andrew Rutherford - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 536 pages
.... 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...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. These are mystical enough, we think; but what follows is nearly as unintelligible as some of the sublimities...
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Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1995 - 412 pages
...hues. 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...mortal state. And claim a kindred with you; for ye arc A beauty and a mystery, and create 830 In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame,...
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Selected Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! 825 If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, - 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations...mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are 830 A beauty and a mystery, and create LXXXVI 445 CHILDE HAROLDS PILGRIMAGE: CANTO III LXXXIX All heaven...
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The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore

Rosa Baughan - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 314 pages
...SOHO 1904 'Ye stars which are the poctiy of Heaven! If, in your bright leaves we read the. fate Of men and empires -'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap this mortal state And claim a kindred with you; for ye aie A beauty and a mystery and create In us...
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Were You Born Under a Lucky Star?

A. Alpheus - 1996 - 226 pages
...KON. "Ye stars, which are the poetry of heaven, 1f in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be Ijreat, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty,...
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Byron and Shakespeare

George Wilson Knight - England - 2002 - 416 pages
...contrast Lake Leman is placid. The stars, the poetry of heaven', look down on human confusions, and . . . 'tis to be forgiven That in our aspirations to be...o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ... (ill, 88) By night's infinitude, though solitary, we are not 'alone'; a 'truth' transfuses to purify...
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From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology II

Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin - History - 2004 - 400 pages
...88 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...mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are 87 A beauty and a mystery, and create 830 In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame,...
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The Fated Sky: Astrology in History

Benson Bobrick - History - 2006 - 385 pages
...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,...fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star. In his play Sardanapalus, the king is betrayed by an astrologer, who declares: "Thou sun that sinkest,...
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Were You Born Under a Lucky Star?

A. Alpheus - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2006 - 225 pages
...read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in ottr aspirations to be great, Oar destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a...you; for ye are A beauty, and a mystery, and create 1n «s such love and reverence irom afar, That iortune, iame, power, life, have named themselves a...
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