He call'd on Nature's self to share the shame, And charged all faults upon the fleshly form She gave to clog the soul, and feast the worm , Till he at last confounded good and ill, And half mistook for fate the acts of will : Too high for common selfishness,... The works of lord Byron including his suppressed poems - Page 158by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 727 pagesFull view - About this book
| British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...ISIDORE THE HERMIT. But haughty still, and loth himself to blame, .e called on Nature's s s self to share the shame, And charged all faults upon the fleshly...form She gave to clog the soul, and feast the worm " LAKA. THE hermit Isidore walked forth from his cave to breathe the sweet air of evening. He strayed... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...charged ail faults upon the lleshly iorm She gave to clug the suul, and feast the worm; Till he at laut rge Gordon Byron not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought. That sway'd him onward with a secret... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...himself to blame, He call'd on Nature's self to share the shame, And charged all faults upon the fleshy cord me such a being ? Do I err In deeming such inhabit...pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That sway'd liim onward with a secret... | |
| 1867 - 848 pages
...the disgrace." Again : " But haughty still, and loath himself to blame, He calls on Nature's self to share the shame ; And charged all faults upon the...form She gave to clog the soul and feast the worm." This last sentiment was anticipated even by Homer in the Odyssey, Lib. I., line 31-83. " Perverse mankind,... | |
| Theodore Dwight - 1845 - 846 pages
...share the sham And charged all faults upon the fleshy form He gave to clog the soul and feast the won Till he at last confounded good and ill. And half mistook for fate the acts of will. Preserve self-possession, and do not talked out of conviction. Be guarded in discourse, attentive and... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...o'er his stormy life ; But haughty still, and loth himself to blame, He call'd on Nature's self to share the shame, And charged all faults upon the fleshly form She gave to clog the soul, ¿md feast the worm; Till he at last confounded good and ill, And half mistook fur fate the acts of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...himself to blame, He call'd on Nature's self to share the shame, And charged all faults upon the fleshy r To follow through the night not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That sway'd liim onward with a secret... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...himself to blame, He called on Nature's self to share the shame, And charged all faults upon the fleshy form She gave to clog the soul, and feast the worm...resign his own for others' good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That swayed him onward with a secret... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...share the shame, And charged all faults upon the fleshly form She gave to clog the soul, and*feast rge Gordon Byron not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That sway'd him onward with a secret... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 pages
...shame, And charged all faults upon the fleshly form Shi gare to clog the soul, and feast the worm ; T.ll he at last confounded good and ill, And half mistook...resign his own for others' good, But not in pity, not because he ought, Hut in some strange perversity of thought, Taat sway'd him onward with a secret... | |
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