 | Willard Phillips - 1826 - 194 pages
...following is one of his most laboured efforts. 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 dwelt In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled,... | |
 | George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...dethroned emperor; But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is- a (ire Aud motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own...upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; n fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. This makes the madmen who have... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...earth were far loo wide a den.9 XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And títere hath been ihy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which...aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but о ut e kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon hi ;h adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ;... | |
 | James Moultrie - 1830 - 56 pages
...trust; it was evidently not the situation which he was destined to fill by the hand of nature. But " There is a fire " And motion of the soul which will not dwell " In its own narrow being — * * * " And but once kindled " Preys upon high adventure." As well, therefore, might we attempt... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...cynics earth were far too wide a den. (9) XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the...And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys \ipon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...qniet to qnick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there is a fire And motion of the sonl which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medinm of desire; And, but once ktndled, qnenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire... | |
 | 1833 - 622 pages
...quiet to quick bosoms is a hell. — there is a lire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In Us own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium...evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aughi but rest ; a fever at the core, F«al to him who bears, to all who ever bore. Although Richardson... | |
 | lady Charlotte Susan M. Bury - 1836 - 1000 pages
...waywardness of the human heart! £2 CHAPTER VI. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,— And there hath been thy bane : there is a fire And motion of the...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. BTROS. Two months of the... | |
 | Picaroon - 1837 - 958 pages
...affright the coming hours of darkness. CHAPTER II. " But quiet to quick bosoms is a bell. And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the...being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ! — a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all that ever bore," BYRON. THE droll contortions... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 352 pages
...were far too wide a den. i xLII. But quiet to quick hosoms is a hell, And there hath heen thy hane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow heing, hut aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, hut once kindled, quenehless evermore,... | |
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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... 
