 And more than echoes talk along the walls. Here, as I watch'd the dying lamps around, From yonder shrine I heard a hollow sound. "Come, sister, come! (it said, or seem'd to say) Thy place is here, sad sister, come away; Once like thyself, I trembled,...  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 249by Alexander Hill Everett - 1845 - 563 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Dugas Trammell - 1874 - 372 pages
...to say), Thy place is here, sad sister, come away ; Onco^like thyself, I trembled, wept, and pray'd, Love's victim then, though now a sainted maid : ,...: For God, not man, absolves our frailties here." ELOISE TO ABELAED. WE must now return to the little cottage on Ivy street. One doubts the necessity... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...No plots th' alarm to his retirements give ; 'Tis all mankind's concern that he should live. DRYDEN. But all is calm in this eternal sleep: Here grief forgets to groan, and love to weep ; Ev'n superstition loses every fear ; For God, not man, absolves our frailties here. POPE. Scipio,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1875 - 598 pages
...that, io longforgotten years, once had struggled and suffered like hnrself, " Once (like herself) that trembled, wept, and prayed, Love's victim then, though now a sainted maid." Exquisite is the passage in which she prefigures a visit yet to come from Abelard to herself— no... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1876 - 668 pages
...that, in longforgotten years, once had struggled and suffered like herself, " Once (like herself) that trembled, wept, and prayed, Love's victim then, though now a sainted maid." Exquisite is the passage in which she prefigures a visit yet to -come from Abelard to herself— no... | |
 | Tom Hood - English language - 1877 - 348 pages
...say) Thy place is here' ; sad sister, come away ; Once like thyself, I trembled, wept, and pray'd, Love's victim then', though now a sainted maid : But...sleep ; Here grief forgets to groan', and love to weep ; Even superstition' loses every fear, For God, not man', absolves our frailties here." This passage... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1878 - 656 pages
...come ! (it said, or seemed to say) Thy place is here, sad sister, come away! 310 Once like thyself, I trembled, wept, and prayed, Love's victim then, though...eternal sleep; Here grief forgets to groan, and love to ^yeep, Even superstition loses every fear: For God, not man, absolves our frailties here." I come,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...No plots th' alarm to his retirements give ; 'Tis all mankind's concern that he should live. DRYDEN. But all is calm in this eternal sleep: Here grief forgets to groan, and love to weep ; Ev'n superstition loses every fear ; For God, not man, absolves our frailties here. POPE. Scipio,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1871 - 542 pages
...veiii ! ' Nulla mora est ; venio : venio, tibl debita oonjux. — WAKIFIELD. " Once like thyself, I trembled, wept, and prayed, " Love's victim then,...* " Here grief forgets to groan, and love to weep, " EVn superstition loses every fear : " For God, not man, absolves our frailties here." I come, I come... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 pages
...to say) Thy place is here, sad sister, come away; Once like thyself, I trembled, wept, and pray'd, Love's victim then, though now a sainted maid : But...fear: For God, not man, absolves our frailties here." I come, I come ! prepare your roseate bowers, Celestial palms, and ever-blooming flowers. Thither,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
...sad sister, come away1! 310 Once like thyself, I trembled, wept, and pray'd, Love's victim then, tho' now a sainted maid: But all is calm in this eternal...sleep; Here grief forgets to groan, and love to weep, Ev'n superstition loses ev'ry fear : 315 For God, not man, absolves our frailties here." I come, I... | |
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