...had been happy; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break the link That keeps us from yon heaven which woos us to its brink. XV But in Man's dwellings he became a thing Restless and wom, and stem and wearisome, Droop'd as a...

...been happy; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light 125 To which it mounts, as if to break the link That keeps us from yon heaven...worn, and stern and wearisome, Droop'd as a wild-born falcon with clipt wing, 130 To whom the boundless air alone were home: Then came his fit again, which...

...had been happy; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break the link That keeps us from yon heaven which woos us to its brink. (HI, 14) Still, it is not all disappointment and frustration; it is also in a sense a return to life:...

...been happy; but this clay will sink/ Its spark immortal, envying it the light/ To which it mounts, as if to break the link/ That keeps us from yon heaven with woos us to its brink.); vgl. ferner The Siege of Corinth 242ff., Childe Harold's Pilgrimage III...

...had been happy; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break the link That keeps us from yon heaven which woos us to its brink. (in, 14) Here the spirit-categories and aspiring thought of our third Canto touch the immortal 'light'....

...had been happy; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts as if to break the link That keeps us from yon heaven...worn, and stern and wearisome, Droop'd as a wild-born falcon with dipt wing, To whom the boundless air alone were home: 130 Then came his fit again, which...

...and revitalised but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts as if to break the link That keeps us from yon heaven which woos us to its brink. (CHP, 1n.14.6-9) Forgetfulness and intensity can only temporarily be found in either imaginative creativity...

...unsustainable because 'this clay will sink / Its spark immortal, envying it the light / To which it mounts as if to break the link / That keeps us from yon heaven which woos us to its brink' (III, 14). It is also a version of Augustine's sinful, fallen 'weakness' that Byron is again describing...