 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...  Lives of Celebrated American Indians - Page 72by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1817 - 628 pages
...instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. ' Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in...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,... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 696 pages
...Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Lxxxvnr. " Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! If in your bright leaves we would read the fata Of men and empires,—'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 492 pages
...infuse Deep into nature's breabt the spirit of her hues. LXXXVI1I. " Ve stars ! Of men and empires,— '(is to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be...their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for yc are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That foitune, fame,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...Weeping themselves away, thill they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues Lxxxvm. Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! If in your...leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, '' Our destinies o'erlaep their mortal... | |
 | George Miller - Europe - 1820 - 624 pages
...beautiful, though somewhat mystical, lines of Lord Byron would almost persuade one to calculate a nativity : 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,... | |
 | George Miller - Europe - 1820 - 634 pages
...beautiful, though somewhat mystical, lines of Lord Byron would almost persuade one to calculate a nativity: 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. LXXXVIII. Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! If in your...leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'crleap their mortal state,... | |
 | Ptolemy, Proclus - Astrology - 1893 - 584 pages
...CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM THE ALMAGEST OF PTOLEMY, And the wholaof hts CENTILOQUY. Br JM ASHMAN D. " Y« stars, which are the poetry of Heaven ! "If, in your...leaves, we would read the fate " Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven." T.OI5D BYRON. ., 1тв':Ь ^Scientific ¿upjus,'-. /•*••"• ";* No.... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...distil, Weeping themselves away till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If, in...leaves, we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great Our destinies o'erlenp their mortal state,... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in...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,... | |
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