 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 - Page 5161813Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pages
...? '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 - 1839 - 510 pages
...bleeding bosom gored, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ! Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, 1я s, The0 / ? Why bade ye else, ye powers ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire ? Ambition first... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pages
...glade 1 * '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...there no bright reversion in the sky For those who gently think or bravely die t Why bade ye else, ye powers ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight... | |
 | Origen Bacheler, Robert Dale Owen - 1840 - 386 pages
...hardly cite from that sweetest and most plaintive of poems, the following• hazarded lines : " Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly, tell Is it in heaven a crime to love too well ? To bear too noble or too fond a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part 1 Is there no bright reversion in the... | |
 | 1840 - 372 pages
...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 crime to love too well ? To bear tqo tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reversion in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 pages
...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 Why bade ye else, ye Pow'rs! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire ? Ambition... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...EBEV; FaBoPV; FiP; NOBE; NOEC; NoP; SCV Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady 3 Is it, in Heav'n, ng it on you; (1. 1-2) 8 If you can fill (1. 6—8) 4 Most souls, 'tis true, but peep out once an age. Dull sullen pris'ners in the body's cage:... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 pages
...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,...there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who gready think, or bravely die? 10 Why bade ye else, ye powers! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...Lady' Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well? 8841 'Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady' L u 8842 'Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady' Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes; The... | |
 | Alan Lee Berman, Morton M. Silverman, Bruce Michael Bongar - 2000 - 682 pages
...she!- — but why that bleedmg bosom gored, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword? Oh ever be.uiteous, ever friendly! tell, Is it, in heaven, a crime to...firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part? BOX 4.3. The Idea of Roman Death in American Literature Ambrose Bierce, a misanthropic writer (born... | |
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