True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven : It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link,... The lay of the last minstrel, a poem - Страница 145по sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1806Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 страници
...heaven is love. P. 54. While upon this subject, we cannot resist transcribing these beautiful lines. — True love's the gift which God has "given To man alone...Fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ¡ It Hveih not in fierre desire, In dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 страници
...subject, we cannot resist transcribing these beautiful lines. — True love's the gift which God ha» given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is not Fantasy's hot fire, AVliose wishes, soon as grunted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, In dead desire it doth not die... | |
| Liber - 1809 - 372 страници
...the trouble of composing a long treatise on the beautiful. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary, v. 1. TRUE love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is not Phantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, Wkh dead... | |
| James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 страници
...men below, and saints above ; >r love is heaven, and heaven is love. IV. TRUE LOVE. FROM THE SAME. TRUE Love's the gift which God has given To man alone...Fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes^ soon as granted, fly; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy,... | |
| Edward Lysaght - 1811 - 164 страници
...been best pourtrayed in the following beautiful passage, by an estimated Poet of the present day : " True love's the gift which God has given To man alone...fantasy's hot fire Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly; it liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die^ it is the sacred sympathy, The... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 страници
...Cranstoun's gallant Knight, And to the gentle Ladye bright, Disgrace, and loss of fame. But earthly spirit' could not tell The heart of them that loved...fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 страници
...Cranstoun's gallant knight, And to the gentle Ladye bright, Disgrace, and loss of fame. But earthly spirit could not tell The heart of them that loved...fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die; It is the secret sympathy, The... | |
| Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 страници
...Cranstoun's gallant Knight, And to the gentle Ladye hright, Disgrace, and loss of fame. But earthly spirit could not tell The heart of them that loved...True love's the gift which God has given To man alone heneath the heaven. It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 272 страници
...Cranstoun's gallant Knight, And to the gentle ladye bright, Disgrace, and loss of fame. But earthly spirit could not tell The heart of them that loved...fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes', soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy,... | |
| Robert Huish - 1820 - 848 страници
...and her loud snorings soon afterwards declared, that she was in the happy state of sleep. CHAPTER X. True love's the gift which God has given, To man alone...not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes soon as granted fly : It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die. It is the secret sympathy,... | |
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