 But Quiet to quick bosoms is a Hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the Soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys...  Mores Catholici: Books V-VI - Page 22by Kenelm Henry Digby - 1889Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pages
...wide a den. XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there 1* a flre And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its...evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. XI.III. This... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1867 - 460 pages
...were far to wide a den.1 XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire 1 The great error of Napoleon, "if we have writ onr annals trne," was a continued obtrusion on mankind... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...verb in the proper number? End, fyc. : highest aim or design of man's mental movement or activity. "There is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being." — Byron. Conscience: consciousness. " The sweetest cordial we receive at last Is conscience of our... | |
 | 1867 - 878 pages
...mysterious, and undefined as they were. " There IB a flre And motion In the Mm), which will not dwell In Itfl own narrow being ; but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire, And but once kindled, quenchleu evermore." This Eugene felt, but why he felt it, or how to satisfy it, he knew not. The words... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...were far too wide a den.* XLII But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. XLiir. This... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 pages
...— Bride of Abydos. AMBITION. BUT quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will...evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. This makes the... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 pages
...— Bride of Abydos, AMBITION. BUT quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will...evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. This makes the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 pages
...were far too wide a den.* XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; n this than mightiest bards have been, [lot, Whose fitling medium of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor... | |
 | Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter) - 1872 - 830 pages
...ambition of the aspiring Churchman is not satisfied. To him we mayapply the words of the poet : — " There is a fire And motion of the soul which will...evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest : a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore." In the year... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...Young. 1060. EMULATION, Disquiet of, But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; on laughs, and The prey is mine. They sleep, and nevermore...D 0 "2 1872 W.C. Palmer" Foster Elon" Elon Foster( Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. This makes the... | |
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