 Riches I hold in light esteem, And Love I laugh to scorn; And lust of fame was but a dream, That vanished with the morn: And if I pray, the only prayer That moves my lips for me Is, "Leave the heart that now I bear, And give me liberty!  Notices of the Proceedings - Page 158by Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1922Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1846 - 218 pages
...done !" THE OLD STOIC. RICHES I hold in light esteem; And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a dream That vanished with the morn : And if I...Leave the heart that now I bear, And give me liberty!" Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'Tis all that I implore ; In life and death, a chainless soul,... | |
 | 1857 - 624 pages
...who wrote them : " Riches I hold in light esteem ; And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a dream That vanished with the morn : And if I...Leave the heart that now I bear, And give me liberty ! ' Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'Tis all that I implore ; In life and death, a chainless... | |
 | 1857 - 510 pages
...who wrote them: " Riches I hold in light esteem ; And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a dream That vanished with the morn : And if I...Leave the heart that now I bear, And give me liberty !' 'Tis all that I implore; In life and death, a chaiuless soul, Yes, as my swift days near their goal,... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1857 - 512 pages
...who wrote them : " Riches I hold in light esteem ; And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a dream That vanished with the morn : And if I...moves my lips for me Is, ' Leave the heart that now I hear, And give me liberty ! ' Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'Tis all that I implore ; In life... | |
 | William Caldwell Roscoe - 1860 - 576 pages
...who wrote them : "Biches I hold in light esteem ; And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a dream That vanished with the morn : And if I...Leave the heart that now I bear, And give me liberty !' Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'Tis all that I implore ; In life and death, a chainless... | |
 | William Caldwell Roscoe - 1860 - 546 pages
...esteem ; And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a dream That vanished with the morn : j And if I pray, the only prayer That moves my lips...Leave the heart that now I bear, And give me liberty !' Yes, as my swift days near their goal, Tis all that I implore ; In life and death, a chainless soul,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1915 - 878 pages
...them all their days. It was Emily Bronte who, at the end of hers, wrote the noble and stoic lines : ' And if I pray the only prayer That moves my lips for me, Leave me the heart that now I bear And give me liberty : Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'Tis... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1870 - 454 pages
...r, :; THE OLD STOIC. RICHES I hold in light esteem, And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a dream, That vanished with the morn : And if...Leave the heart that now I bear, And give me liberty !" Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'Tis all that I implore ; In life and death a chainles.<>... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1872 - 456 pages
...esteem, And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a dream, That vanished with the mom : And if I pray, the only prayer That moves my lips...Leave the heart that now I bear, And give me liberty ! " Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'Tis all that I implore ; In life and death a chainless... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1873 - 540 pages
...gratitude ! THE OLD STOIC. RICHES I hold in light esteem, And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a dream, That vanished with the morn : And if...Leave the heart that now I bear, And give me liberty ! " Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'Tis all that I implore ; In life and death a chainless... | |
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