 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 Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...were far too wide a den.* 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 aspiro Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 898 pages
...wide a den. » XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is n hell, And there hatli been thy bane ; there 1л a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell...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. XLIIL This makes... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 332 pages
...too wide a den.'9 But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a firo And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medinm of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire... | |
 | Louis Dieulafait - 1874 - 320 pages
...work " not for a day, but for all time." PART X. Cutting. Setting. Engraving of Precious Stones. " There is a fire And motion of the soul, which will not dwell In its own narrow being." As we have already shown in our first part, precious stones are sometimes amorphous and sometimes crystallized>... | |
 | 1875 - 738 pages
...Byron about Napoleon : — " 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 Within its narrow limits, but aspire Beyond the titling medium of desire, And but once kindled, quenchless... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...earth were far too wide a den. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And Ificre 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 Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...earth were far too wide a den. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And Uicre 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 N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1877 - 234 pages
...earth were far too wide a den. 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...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... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...Baillie. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion in the sacerdotal stole ; But, haply, in some cottage...of the soul ; And in His Book of Life the inmates Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, — to all who ever bore. This makes... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1877 - 192 pages
...earth were far too wide a den. 370 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...its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting med1um of desire ; 375 And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can... | |
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