 I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject not, — The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow?  Complete Poetical Works - Page 346by Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1892Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 642 pages
...theories grew from what is best and loftiest in this strangely -mingled nature of ours : The <lesiro of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow ; Tho longing for something afur From the sphere of our sorrow. And the wisdom of those elder thinkers,... | |
 | Unitarian pulpit - 1858 - 806 pages
...human worth, the fullest of foul suspicions concerning our neighbours, and the least pervaded with The worship the heart lifts above, And the heavens...devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow. When, in a word, we are most inclined to sneer, and are least conscious of the overarching Infinite,... | |
 | 1858 - 398 pages
...instance of his manner of treating this difficult subject : — " I can give not what men call love, " The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for...devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow ?" This avoiding of that minute description of particular charms was in Shelley the result of his perfect... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...hope is too like despai. For prudence to smother, And pity from thee more dear Than that frcm another. I can give not what men call love ; But wilt thou...accept not The worship the heart lifts above. And the Heaven's reject not .' The desire of the moth for the star Of the night for the morrow ; The devotion... | |
 | Theodore Hartmann - 1859 - 622 pages
...month. You are a boy-lover, and woo her as yet with The desire of the north for the star, Of the day for the morrow ; The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow. She withdraws her coy yet half-reluctant head. " Good night," she says, " Willie," and half turns from... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 552 pages
...hope is too like despair For prudence to smother, And pity from thee more dear Than that from another. I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept...devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow ? 1H21. LORD BYRON 1788—1824. MARY CHAWORTI1. BYRON spent the summer vacation of 1808 at Newstead... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...hope is too like despair For prudence to smother, And Pity from thee more dear Than that from another. I can give not what men call love ; But wilt thou...devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow ? PB Shelley ccrv GATHERING SONG OF DONALD THE BLACK Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Pibroch of Donuil Wake thy... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 560 pages
...hope is too like despair For prudence to smother, And pity from thee more dear Than that from another. I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept...devotion to something afar From the sphere of our soirow ? 1821. LORD BYRON 1788—1824. MART CHAWORTI1. BYRON spent the summer vacation of 1803 at Newstead... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 526 pages
...hope is too like despair For prudence to smother, And pity from thee more dear Than that from another. I can give not what men call love. But wilt thou accept...night for the morrow. The devotion to something afar LORD BYRON 1788 — 1824. MAET CHAWOKTH. BYEON spent the summer vacation of 1803 at Eewstead Abbey,... | |
 | Chayleigh - 1862 - 350 pages
...too like despair . . For prudence to smother, And Pity from thee more dear Than that from another. " I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept...to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow?" He looked up when he had finished and turned towards her, his dark eyes flashing fire. She was unmoved,... | |
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