 My genial spirits fail; And what can these avail To lift the smothering weight from off my breast? It were a vain endeavour, Though I should gaze for ever On that green light that lingers in the west: I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion...  The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Page 158by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1873 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 428 pages
...unimpassioned grief, Which finds no natural outlet — no relief In word, or sigh, or tear. * * • * • My genial spirits fail, And what can these avail To...breast ? It were a vain endeavour, Though I should gaze forever On that green light that lingers iu the West: I may not hope, from outward forms, to win The... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 pages
...lift the smothering weight from off my breast ? It were a vain endeavour, Though I should gaze forever On that green light that lingers in the West: I may not hope, from outward forms, to win Tho passion and the life, whose fountains are within. * * * aa From the soul itself must issue forth... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 456 pages
...starless lake of blue; 1 see them all so excellently fair, I see, not feel how beautiful they are ! m. My genial spirits fail, And what can these avail To...vain endeavour, Though I should gaze for ever On that grewi light that lingers in the west: I may not hope from outward forms to will The passion and the... | |
 | James Thomson - 1856 - 346 pages
...if his mind be world-rusted and insensible. ' It were a vain endeavor Though I should gaze forever On that green light that lingers in the west ; I may...passion and the life, whose fountains are within.' And hence the extreme and melancholy beauty of that passage in John Foster's writings, where he speaks... | |
 | James Thomson - 1856 - 344 pages
...his mind be world-rusted and insensible. ' It •were a vain endeavor Though I should gaze forever On that green light that lingers in the west ; . I...passion and the life, whose fountains are within.' And hence the extreme and melancholy beauty of that passage in John Foster's writings, where he speaks... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...fair, I see, not feel how beautiful they are ! in. My genial spirits fail, And what can these avail fo lift the smothering weight from off my breast ? It...were a vain endeavour, Though I should gaze for ever Ou that green light that lingers in the west : I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...starless lake of blue ; 1 see them all so excellently fair, I see, not feel, how beautiful they are ! My genial spirits fail ; And what can these avail...passion and the life, whose fountains are within, O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live : Ours is her wedding-garment,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 pages
...starless lake of blue ; 1 see them all so excellently fair, I see, not feel, how beautiful they are ! My genial spirits fail ; And what can these avail...passion and the life, whose fountains are within. O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live : Ours is her wedding-garment,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 pages
...starless lake of blue ; 1 see them all so excellently fair, I see, not feel, how beautiful they are ! My genial spirits fail ; And what can these avail...passion and the life, whose fountains are within, O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live : Ours is her wedding-garment,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1857 - 432 pages
...starless lake of blue ; 1 see them all so excellently fair, I see, not feel how beautiful they are ! m. My genial spirits fail ; And what can these avail...lingers in the west : I may not hope from outward forma to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. O Lady ! we receive but what we... | |
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