 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
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1876 - 544 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 —... | |
 | 1876 - 508 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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 650 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 OLD STOIC. Riches I hold in light esteem, And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 648 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 OLD STOIC Riches I hold in light esteem, And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 654 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 OLD STOIC. Riches I hold in light esteem, And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 pages
...after thine; Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten Inline. Down to that tomb already more than And, even yet, I dare not let it languish. Dare not...memory's rapturous pain; Once drinking deep of that divincst anguish, How could 1 seek the empty world again ? MARIA GOWEN BROOKS. [From Zophiel.] SVXG... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 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 my young soul from yearning after thine ; And, even yet, I dare not let it languish. Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain ; Once drinking... | |
 | Agnes Mary Frances Robinson - 1883 - 348 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 ? " Better still, of a standard excellence, is a little poem, which, by some shy ostrich prompting,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 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 OLD STOIC Riches I hold in light esteem, And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 734 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 OLD STOIC Riches I hold in light esteem, And Love I laugh to scorn ; And lust of fame was but a... | |
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