 | 1868 - 846 pages
...fathers were coûtent with their pin-hole views of the universe. Nevertheless, he has already learned — What a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life ! Christendom has now become a vast readingroom, and its library is chiefly remarkable for its miscellaneous... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1882 - 402 pages
...of the woods Emerson then surprised, which I saw not. Many have learned, with George Meredith — " What a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life." But it is the characteristic of our time that the certainties are hotter after mortals than these are... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1883 - 344 pages
...of the woods Emerson then surprised, which I saw not. Many have learned, with George Meredith— " What a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life." But it is the characteristic of our time that the certainties are hotter after mortals than these are... | |
 | William Sharp - 1886 - 424 pages
...on the advancing hours : Their hearts held craving for the buried day. Then each applied to each the fatal knife, Deep questioning, which probes to endless...the soul When hot for certainties in this our life 1 — In tragic hints here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering... | |
 | William Sharp - 1886 - 402 pages
...knife, Deep questioning, which probes to endless dole. Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul WThen hot for certainties in this our life ! In tragic hints...here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To throw that faint thin line upon the... | |
 | F. A. H. Eyles - 1889 - 416 pages
...he begat : The union of this ever diverse pair ! These two were rapid falcons in a snare, Condemn'd to do the flitting of the bat. Lovers beneath the...here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To throw that faint thin line upon the... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - 1890 - 284 pages
...snare, Condemned to do the flitting of the bat. Lovers beneath the singing sky of May, They wander'd once ; clear as the dew on flowers : But they fed...here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To know that faint thin line upon the... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - 1890 - 278 pages
...clear as the dew on flowers : But they fed not on the advancing hours : Their hearts held c1avings for the buried day. Then each applied to each that...here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To know that faint thin line upon the... | |
 | George Meredith - 1892 - 128 pages
...said. Lethe had passed those lips, and he knew all. i.. , Thus piteously Love closed what he begat : \i The union of this ever-diverse pair ! These two were...here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To throw that faint thin line upon the... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - 1892 - 192 pages
...apprehend Dumb harmony without. " His song may sometimes be heavily burdened, as in the following : — " Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for...here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To throw that faint, thin line upon... | |
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These two were rapid falcons in a snare, Condemned to do the flitting of the bat. Lovers beneath the singing sky of May, They wandered once ; clear as the dew on flowers : But they fed not on the advancing hours: Their hearts held cravings for the buried... 
