 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
 | Eric Sutherland Robertson - 1883 - 416 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 - 1884 - 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 —...than mine. And, even yet, I dare not let it languish, IJare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain ; Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish, How could... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.) - 1884 - 20 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...to hasten Down to that tomb already more than mine. Comrades, some of the associations of this day are not only triumphant but joyful. Not all of those... | |
 | Elizabeth Amelia Sharp - 1887 - 450 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 ? LAST LINES. No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere : I see Heaven's... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1888 - 698 pages
...; Then did 1 learn how existence could be cherished, Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy. Then did I check the tears of useless passion —...drinking deep of that divinest anguish, How could 1 seek the empty world again ? THE OLD STOIC Riches I hold in light esteem, And Love 1 laugh to scorn... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë - 1889 - 448 pages
...; Then did I learn how existence could be cherished, Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy. And, even yet, I dare not let it languish, Dare not...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—Heaven's... | |
 | Beatrice Whitby - 1890 - 334 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 —...anguish. How could I seek the empty world again." Now I stopped my pony-carriage at the churchyard gate, and full in sight of all who cared to see, dry-eyed... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 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 f EMILY ВвоктЕ. Bloom l)utl) fleb tijri Cljcck, iUnrn. THE bloom hath fled thy cheek, Mary, As... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.) - 1891 - 72 pages
...the aid of joy. " Then did I check the tears of useless passiou, Weaned my young soul from yearniug after thine Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten Down to that tomb already more than mine." Comrades, some of the associations of this day are not only triumphant, but joyful. Not all of those... | |
 | 1893 - 226 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 ? — C. Bronte. The linnet in the rocky dells, The moor-lark in the air, The bee among the heather... | |
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