 Of others' sight familiar were to hers. And this the world calls frenzy; but the wise Have a far deeper madness, and the glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift; What is it but the telescope of truth? Which strips the distance of its fantasies, And brings...  The Quarterly Review - Page 220edited by - 1918Full view - About this book
 | Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - 1850 - 586 pages
...probably, induced him to look at objects in a melancholy point of view. And yet, what is melancholy ? but:— " The telescope of truth, Which strips the...utter nakedness, Making the cold reality too real." "A change came o'er the spirit of my dream," on account of Captain Maxwell having presented me today... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 pages
...familiar were to hers. And this the world calls frenzy; but the wise Have a far deeper madness, and the glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift; What is it but the telescope of troth? \Vhichstrips the distance of its fantasies, And brings life near in utter nakedness, Making... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...familiar were to hers. And this the world calls frenzy ! but the wise Have a far deeper madness ; and the glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift : What...telescope of truth ? Which strips the distance of its phantasies, And brings life near in utter nakedness, Making the cold reality too real ! A change came... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1852 - 926 pages
...have been mad." " ' And this the world called frenzy ; but the wise Have a far deeper madness, and the glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift. What is it but the telescope of truth, Which brings life near in utter nakedness, Making the cold reality more cold,' " quoted Mr. de Burgh for... | |
 | William Cooper Scott - 1853 - 338 pages
...! ono who possessed the gift has answered the question. " The wise Have a far deeper madness ; and the glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift — What...telescope of truth, Which strips the distance of its phantasies, And brings life near in utter nakedness, Making the cold reality too real ?" We suppose... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...familiar were to hers. And this the world calls frenzy ; but the wise Have a far deeper madness, and the glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift ; What...utter nakedness, Making the cold reality too real ! A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The Wanderer was alone as heretofore, The beings which... | |
 | Louise Chandler Moulton - 1854 - 482 pages
...or far, And praise must come up from the earth-worm, As well as the morning star ! 5* POOR MAUD. " Melancholy is a fearful gift; What is it but the telescope...near, in utter nakedness, Making the cold reality more real 1 " BTBON. HAVE you ever heard the shrieks, and shouts, and jeers, of a frantic madman? Have... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 pages
...familiar were to hers. And this the world calls frenzy ; but the wise Have a far deeper madness, and the glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift ; What...utter nakedness, Making the cold reality too real ! 5 A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The Wanderer was alone as heretofore, The beings which... | |
 | William Winter - 1855 - 156 pages
...Prologue to an Unpublished Poem . . .115 The Convent; A Romance 118 Good Night 137 Notes 141 MELANCHOLY. " The glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift ; What is it but the telescope of truth? " — BYRON. Lo ! in the west float upward one by one, The golden glories of the setting sun. The distant... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1856 - 296 pages
...familiar were to hers. And this the world calls phrensy ; but the wise Have a far deeper madness ; and the glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift ; What...telescope of truth ? Which strips the distance of its phantasies, Making the cold reality too real. THE DECAM. BYRON. Oh ! the flame Burns low upon the altar,... | |
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