| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1856 - 344 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ; And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame." 122. Zwinger.] — Zwinger is untranslatable, and I find a good deal of doubt existing as to the meaning... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland - Conduct of life - 1858 - 274 pages
...most bitter is a scornful jest. SAMUEL JOHNSON. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every falling but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. BYRoN. I HAVE met with a good many young women, first and last, whose intellects were of that keen,... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1859 - 396 pages
...fluttering by ' Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die .' ' And lovelier things have mercy shown ' To every failing but their own, ' And every woe a tear can claim, 'Except an erring sister's shame ! " m How truly despicable does pride appear, when fallen. Margaret, who had formerly been the severest... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. ***** The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing... | |
| United States - 1859 - 424 pages
...insects fluttering by! Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die ; And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ; And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring Bister's shame.' " These lines were suggested by the conduct I witnessed in London from women to their... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...inseets fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can elaim Except an erring sister's shame. a • a * The Mind, that broods o'er pnilty woes, la like the... | |
| George Vandenhoff - Actors - 1860 - 358 pages
...the victim fall! Have pity on her ! Let it not still be true that " Loveliest things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame !" There are, too, examples of humble, heroic, martyr-virtue, struggling against temptation, in obscurity... | |
| George Vandenhoff - Actors - 1860 - 368 pages
...victim fall ! Have pity on her ! Let it not still bo true that " Loveliest things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame ! " There are, too, examples of humble, heroic, martyr-virtue, struggling against temptation, in obscurity... | |
| D R. M'Nab - 1860 - 296 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing, but their own ; And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. BYROX. " God help thee, daughter ! tell me, why That spirit passed before thine eye." " Father I know... | |
| George Vandenhoff - Actors - 1860 - 346 pages
...victim fall ! Have pity on her ! Let it not still be true that "Loveliest tilings have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame ! " There are, too, examples of humble, heroic, martyr-virtue, struggling against temptation, in obscurity... | |
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