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" They sin who tell us Love can die, With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell ; Earthly these passions of the Earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But Love... "
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...skulk to our cells ] Or shall we boldly oppose him at his entrance 1 LESSON XCVIIL Love. — SOUTHEY. THEY sin who tell us love can die ; — With life all other passions fly, All others aie but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; — Earthly these...
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Life of Frances Power Cobbe, Volume 1

Frances Power Cobbe - 1894 - 392 pages
...of such narrations is, that they contradict the great truth beautifully set forth by Southey — " They sin who tell us Love can die ! — With life...are but vanity — In Heaven, Ambition cannot dwell, Kor Avarice in the vaults of hell. Earthly these passions as of earth, They perish where they had their...
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The Laureates of England, from Ben Jonson to Alfred Tennyson

Kenyon West - 1895 - 614 pages
...eyes half-closed for pleasure, would he stand Courting the pressure of her gentle hand. FROM KEHAMA. THEY sin who tell us Love can die : With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. Love is indestructible : Its holy flame forever burneth ; From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth....
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The Laureates of England: Ben Jonson to Alfred Tennyson

Kenyon West - 1895 - 588 pages
...eyes half-closed for pleasure, would he stand Courting the pressure of her gentle hand. FROM KEHAMA. THEY sin who tell us Love can die: With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. Love is indestructible : Its holy flame forever burneth; From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth....
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The Pleasures of Life, Complete

Sir John Lubbock - 1895 - 370 pages
...to love and live Be one." 3 For does it end with life. A mother's love knows uo bounds. " They err who tell us Love can die, With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. i Bondi. Tr. by Glassfors. ' Tennyson. 3 Swinburne. In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in...
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The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

1896 - 1224 pages
...world was set in arms • The cause was, — all for love. m. SOOTHEY— All for Love. Pt.II. St. 26. % n. SOUTHEY — Curse of Kehama. Mount Meru. St. 10. Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time. 0....
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Studies of the Man Christ Jesus

Robert Elliott Speer - 1896 - 264 pages
...friendship false, and Jesus' true to Judas, and to the eleven whose friendship to Him proved true at last. " They sin who tell us Love can die. With life all other...ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly, these passions of the earth, They perish where they had their birth. But Love is indestructible...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry

Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...thou wert all, And noaght beyond, oh earth I [Roam SOUTHEV. 1774— "843.) LOVE. THEY sin who tell love can die : With life all other passions fly, All...ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of Hell : Earthly these passions, as of Earth, They perish where they have their birth, But Love is indestructible...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious ..., Volume 1873

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...those fires : Our honours, interests, resolving down, Run in the gentle current of our joys. SOUTHERN. They sin who tell us Love can die : With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. SOUTHEY : Curse of Kehama. Love is indestructible : Its holy flame forever burneth ; From heaven it...
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Robert Southey's Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - 1896 - 354 pages
...lines of touching and singular beauty, 3 has left us a record of how completely his 1 Beginning, " They sin who tell us Love can die, With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity." " Beginning, " My days among the Dead are passed, Around me I behold Where'er these casual eyes are...
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