 Between two worlds life hovers like a star, 'Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge : How little do we know that which we are ! How less what we may be ! The eternal surge Of time and tide rolls on, and bears afar Our bubbles ; as the old burst,...  Byron - Page 179by John Nichol - 1894 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Julia Cecilia Stretton - 1862 - 328 pages
...our recollection, and the other, Ferdinand Home, came and went as it pleased him. 118 CHAPTER X. " Between two worlds, life hovers like a star, 'Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge; How little do we know that which we are ! How less, what we may be ! The... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1864 - 672 pages
...as one of those serious passages which relieve the sardonic laughter of Byron's most cynical poem : Between two worlds life hovers like a star, "Twixt night and morn upon the horizon's verge : How little do we know that whicli we are ! IIow less what we may be !J It... | |
 | William Rounseville Alger - 1864 - 942 pages
...to its utmost capacity of emotion. They bring the soul to its bended knees of wonder and prayer. " Between two worlds life hovers, like a star 'Twixt night and morn upon the horizon's verge. How littto do wo know that which we are! How less what we nifty be I The... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1865 - 506 pages
...simpleminded, warm-hearted, manly young Albanian, were far less flattering than my own. CHAPTEE XXVHI. "Between two worlds life hovers like a star, Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge: How little do we know that which we are ! How less what we may be ! The eternal... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 320 pages
...can solve; but such The fact:—I've heard it,—once perhaps too much. From THE SAME.—CANTO XV. BETWEEN two worlds life hovers like a star, 'Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge. How little do we know that which we are ! How less what we may be ! The eternal... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won ! Here are some more beautiful gems : — Between two worlds life hovers like a star, 'Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge : How little do we know that which we are ! How less what we may be ' The... | |
 | John W. Thomas - 1867 - 172 pages
...From the foundation of the world prepared, By him who made all worlds — their vast reward. cxv. " Between two worlds, life hovers like a star 'Twixt night and morn upon the horison's verge. How little do we know that which we are ! How less what we may be ! the eternal... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...by one, in turn, some grand mistake, Casts off its bright skin yearly like the snake. Byron, DJv'2l. Between two worlds, life hovers like a star 'Twixt night and morn, upon th' horizon's verge. How little do we know that which we nre ! How less what we may be ! The eternal... | |
 | Julia Cecilia Stretton - 1868 - 326 pages
...others liked, rather than to carry out my own wilful will. CHAPTER XII. BEHIND THE BLUE CURTAIN. " Between two worlds life hovers like a star, 'Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge ; How little do we know that which we are ! How less what we may be." BYRON.... | |
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 pages
...game and glee, While the dark storm reserves its rage, Against the winter of our age. SCOTT'S Marmion, Between two worlds life hovers like a star, 'Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge. BYRON'S Don Juan. Well, well — the world must turn upon its axis, And all... | |
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