 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,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 801897Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...sought at first — But all too late, — so are we doubly curst. Lore, fame, ambition, avarice — 'tie veil, Heard her light, lively tones in Lady's bower,...fairy form, with more than female grace, Scarce w cxxv. Pew — none — find what they love or could have loved, Though accident, blind contact, and... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - American literature - 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 - English fiction - 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... | |
 | Heberden Milford - 1854 - 338 pages
...sought at first — • But all too late, — so we are doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice — 'tis the same — • Each idle— and all ill —...And Death the sable smoke, where vanishes the flame. "Childe Harold," Canto rv., Stan. cxx IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON : HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...sought at first — But all too late, — so are we doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice — 'tis the same, Each idle, and all ill, and none the...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,... | |
 | 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
...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, ¿Vnd Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame. cxxv. Few — none — find what they love or... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...sought at first—- But all too late, — so are we doubly curst. Love, fame, ambition, avarice — t, As sometimes happens to the better clad. But, ¡na word, what would you arc meteors with a different name, And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame. cxxv. Few —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...ambition, avarice — 'tis the same. Each idle — and all ill — and none the worst — For all arc nna le sien.@ E1 CXXV. Few— none — find what they love or could have loved, Though accident, blind contact, and... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...But all too late, — so are we doubly eurst, Love, fame, ambition, avariee — Ч is the same, Eaeh idle — and all ill — and none the worst — For...And death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame. Byron's Childe Harola We are fools of time and terror : days Steal on us and steal from us ; yet we... | |
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