 tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have...  The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ... - Page 425edited by Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...hues. Ye stars, which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...men and empires,— 'tis to he forgiven, That in our aspirations to he great, Our destinics o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A heauty and a mystery, and ereate In us such love and reverenee from afar, That fortune, fame, power,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,—'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1825 - 504 pages
...extravagant. Ye stars ! that are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...****** Ye stare ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires — 'tis to be forgiven, That, in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...are the poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,—'t is to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in onr aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap s ; I have not Yet learn 'd to think of indiscriminate murder Without some sense of shuddering; In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.... | |
 | Willard Phillips - 1826 - 194 pages
...extravagant. Ye stars ! that are the poetry of heaven 1 If in your bright leaves we would read the fat* Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...LXXXVIII. Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we could read the fate Of man and empires : — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you : for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...astrology." Ye stars ! that are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and... | |
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