 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1851 - 434 pages
...; imfound the boon — unslaked the thirst. Though to the last, in verge of our decay, Some phantom lures, such as we sought at first — But all too late, — so are we doubly cursed. Love, fame, ambition, avarice — 'tis the same, Each idle — and all ill — and none the... | |
 | Henry Giles - 1851 - 306 pages
...thirst, Though to the last, in verge of our decay, Some phantom lures, such as we sought at first j But all too late ; so, are we doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice, 't is the same, — Each idle, — and all ill, — and none the worst ; — For all are meteors with... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1853 - 434 pages
...late, — so are we doubly cursed. Love, fame, ambition, avarice — 'tis the same, Each idle 4— and all ill — and none the worst, For all are meteors...And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame." Such consolatory philosophy as this would not seem to carry with it any charm, derived either from... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 502 pages
...songht at first— Bnt all too late,—BO are we donbly cnrst. Love, &me, amhition, avarice—'tis the same, Each idle, and all ill, and none the worst— For all are meteors with a diiferent name, And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame. CUv. Few—none—find what they... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...; unfound the boon — unslaked the thirst, Though to the last, in verge of our decay, Some phantom lures, such as we sought at first — But all too late, — so are we doubly curst. Lore, fame, ambition, avarice — 'tie the same, Each idle — and all ill — and none the worst —... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...sick ; unfound the boon, unslaked the thirst, Though to the last, in verge of our decay, Some phantom lures, such as we sought at first — But all too...And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame. CHILDE HAROLD. — Canto IV. THE COLISEUM AND THE GLADIATOE. ARCHES on arches ! as it were that Rome,... | |
 | Heberden Milford - 1854 - 344 pages
...verge of our decay, Some phantom lures, such as we nought at first— But all too late, — so we are doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice— 'tis...Death the sable smoke, where vanishes the flame." "Childe Harold," Canto iv., Stan, ex IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. LONDON : HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...; unfound the boon — unslak'd the thiret, Though to the last, in verge of our decay, Some phantom ps ; the face Of thy cav arc meteors with a different name, And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame. cxxv. Few —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 378 pages
...late,—so are we doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice—'tis the same, Each idle—and all ill—and none the worst— For all are meteors with a different...And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame. cxxv. Few—none—find what they love or could have loved, Though accident, blind contact, and the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 pages
...thirst, Though to the last, in verge of our decay, Some phantom lures, such as we-sought at firstHut all too late, — so are we doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice — 'tis the samo. Each idle — and all ill — and none the worst — / For all are meteors with a different name,... | |
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We wither from our youth, we gasp away — Sick — sick ; unfound the boon, unslaked the thirst. Though to the last, in verge of our decay, Some phantom lures, such as we sought at first — But all too late, — so are we doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition,... 
