 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...themselves the fools to those they fool ; Envied, yet not enviable ! what stings Are theirs ! one breast o counteract its own most gracious ends ; And this, of strict necessity, not c — Jiyron. Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride to sink at last, And... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1877 - 234 pages
...instances in the poem in which Byron moralises practically from his own experience. Conf. — ' One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine and rule.' 2 Centiael.] From the French sentinelle, is wrongly spelt by Byron. Several of his words... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - English language - 1878 - 282 pages
...other; we kept the great pace — Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place Browning 17. Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride to sink at last. — Byron. 18. Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879 - 290 pages
...themselves the fools to those they fool; Envied, yet how unenviable ! what stings Are theirs ! One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule : XLIV. Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride, to sink at last, And yet... | |
 | Homer Judd, Christopher W. Spalding, Henry Seymour Chase - Dentistry - 1880 - 600 pages
...enter the forum of thought and active life, and henceforth to cast his lot with those " Whose very breath is agitation And their life a storm whereon they ride to sink at last." 351 The general underlying principles of intellectual requirement, requisite to success in any profession,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 pages
...yet how unenviable ! what slings Are theirs ! One breast laid open were a school Which would unleach rdon N. dnys, surviving perils past, Melt to calm twilight, they feel overcast With sorrow and supinencss,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 610 pages
...yet how unenviable ! what stings Are theirs ! One breast laid open were a sehool Whieh would unteaeh mankind the lust to shine or rule * Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereen they ride, to sink at last, And yet so nursed and bigoted to strife, That should their days,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 680 pages
...themselves the fools to those they fool ; Knvied, yet how unenviable ! what stings Are theirs ! One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule : XLIV. Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride, to sink at last, And yet... | |
 | William Graham - 1882 - 158 pages
...do they carry them out! The anticipation with them is generally far sweeter than the realization. ' Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride to sink at last.' " " But some great actors on the world's stage can appreciate rest, Miss Lascelles ; Sulla could wreathe... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 308 pages
...themselves the fools to those they fool3; Envied, yet how unenviable ! what stings Are theirs ! One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule : XLIV Their breath6 is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride, to sink at last, And yet... | |
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Founders of sects and systems, to whom add Sophists, Bards, Statesmen, all unquiet things Which stir too strongly the soul's secret springs, And are themselves the fools to those they fool... 
