 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 upon...  The picaroon, by the author of 'Makanna'. - Page 20by Picaroon - 1837Full view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 pages
...God," and thus never bereft of the Divine Presence, such should be an object of our effort to attain. " There is a fire And motion of the soul, which will...being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And but once kindled — quenchless evermore — Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of ought... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...at the close, though highly wrought, is extremely felicitous. " But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there is a fire And...being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire , , . Of aught... | |
 | 1816 - 692 pages
...the . dose, though highly wrought, is extremely felicitous. " But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there is a fire And...will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Beyoud the fitting medium of desire ; Of aught but rest:... | |
 | 1816 - 572 pages
...The same, and still the more, the more it breaks ; And thus the heart will do which not forsakes.' ' a fever at the core Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore' — (what?) P. *4. ' Twas not for fiction chose Rousseau this spot.' P. 57. ' as it... | |
 | 1859 - 932 pages
...he desires another port. Some call this restlessness, discontent, and it has been declared to be " A fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all that ever bore." And while we do not agree with this, we say that if we sailors do not always know what is best for... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...far too wide adcu. ' XLII. But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; th*re is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell...being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire; And , but once kindled , quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...thrown ) Like stern Diogenes to mock at men ; For sceptred cynies earth were far too wide a den. XLH. But quiet to quick bosoms is a bell, And there hath...being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...men; For sceptred cynics earth were far too wide a den.<9> XLII. But quiet to quiet bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And...being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...but once kindled, quenchless 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. XLIII. This makes the madmen who have made men mad By their contagion ; Conquerors and... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - 1823 - 268 pages
...hell, And there hath been my bane ; there is afire And motion of the soul .which will not 'd.aiell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And. but once kindled, quenchless evermore, ' Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but... | |
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