 Tis she ; — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ! Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it, in heaven, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part ?...  The Port Folio - Seite 5161813Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 Seiten
...glade ; 'Tis she!— but why that bleeding bosom gored? Why dimly gleams the visionary sword? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it in heaven a...the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? Why bade ye else, ye powers ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire ? Ambition first... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1820 - 80 Seiten
...glade? 'Tisshe! — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionar) sword? Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly! tell. Is it. in heaven,...there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatfy think, or bravely die? .Why bade ye else, ye powers! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 Seiten
...? 'Tis she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it, in Heaven,...the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? Why bade ye else, ye powers ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire? Ambition first... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 Seiten
...? Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it in heav'na crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or too...the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? Why bade ye else, ye pow'rs ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire ? Ambition first... | |
 | Innes Hoole - 1821 - 628 Seiten
...almost unconsciously she asked herself the question, whether " Is it in heav'na crime to love too well J To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's...the sky, For those who greatly think or bravely die ?" when a gentle tap against the pane of large plate-glass caused her to look up, and Marian Lloyd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 Seiten
...Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, 5 Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or...sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die? 10 NOTES. * See the Duke of Buckingham's verses to a Lady designing to retire into a monastery, compared... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 Seiten
...Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, 5 Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or...the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? 10 NOTES. * See the Duke of Buckingham's verses to a Lady designing to retire into a monastery, compared... | |
 | 1822 - 418 Seiten
...gor'd? Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it in heav'na crime to love too well, To bear too tender or too...the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? Why bade ye else, ye Powers ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire ? Ambition first... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 Seiten
...gorM ? Why dimly gleams the visionary sword f O ever beauteous, ever friendly, tell, Is it in heav'na crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or too...the sky For those who greatly think or bravely die I No composition can require a more animated pronunciation than this passage : if the reader does not... | |
 | 1822 - 284 Seiten
...beauteous, ever friendly! tell, Is it, in Heaven, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or to firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part ?...the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? Who bade ye else, ye powers ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire 1 Ambition first... | |
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