 Then did I check the tears of useless passion — Weaned my young soul from yearning after thine ; Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten Down to that tomb already more than mine. And, even yet, I dare not let it languish, Dare not indulge in memory's...  A Book of Women's Verse - Page 129edited by - 1921 - 191 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1857 - 602 pages
...Then did I learn how existence could be cherished, Strengthened and fed without the aid of joy. / " Then did I check the tears of useless passion —...divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again ?" The lyric entitled " A Death-Scene," in which a girl passionately beseeches her dying lover not... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1846 - 218 pages
...; Then did I learn how existence could be cherished, Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy. Then did I check the tears of useless passion— Weaned...divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again ? ELLIS. VANITAS VANITATUM, OMNIA VANITAS. IN all we do, and hear, and see, Is restless Toil and Vanity.... | |
 | 1851 - 534 pages
...Strengthen'd and fed without the aid of joy. Then did I check the tears of useless passion— Wean'd my young soul from yearning after thine; Sternly denied...to hasten Down to that tomb already more than mine. TAnd, even yet, I dare not let it languish, Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain ; Once drinking... | |
 | Miss E. Hedge - 1856 - 164 pages
...destroy, Then did I learn existence could be cherished, Strengthened, and fed, without the aid of joy. Then did I check the tears of useless passion ; "Weaned...divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again ? MEDIOCRITY IN LOVE REJECTED. GIVE me more love, or more disdain : The torrid or the frozen zone Brings... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1857 - 624 pages
...destroy, Then did I learn how existence could be cherished Strengthened and fed without the aid of joy. " Then did I check the tears of useless passion —...memory's rapturous pain ; Once drinking deep of that divinost anguish, How could I seek the empty world again ?" The lyric entitled " A Death-Scene," in... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1870 - 454 pages
...cherished, Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy. Then did I check the tears of useless passionWeaned my young soul from yearning after thine } Sternly...divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again ? A DEATH-SCENE. " O DAY ! he cannot die When thou so fair art shining ! 0 Sun, in such a glorious... | |
 | 1870 - 464 pages
...cherished, Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy. Then did I check the tears of useless passion, 25 Weaned my young soul from yearning after thine ; Sternly...languish, Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain; 30 Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again? Emily Bronte.... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 pages
...destroy ; Then did I learn existence could be cherished, Strengthened and fed without the aid of joy. Then did I check the tears of useless passion, Weaned...divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again ? EMILY BRONTE. An Evening Guest. IF, in the silence of this lonely eve, With the street-lamp pale... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1872 - 456 pages
...destroy; Then did I learn how existence could be cherished, Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy. Then did I check the tears of useless passion—-- Weaned my young soul from yearning after Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten Down to that tomb already more than mine. And, even yet,... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1873 - 540 pages
...destroy ; Then did I learn how existence could be cherished, Strengthened and fed without the aid of joy. Then did I check the tears of useless passion —...divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again ? THE OUTCAST MOTHER. I'VE seen this dell in July's shine, As lovely as an angel's dream ; Above —... | |
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