 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...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 4561810Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 418 pages
...certainly the law of arrest,'' answered the magistrate ; and he bowed the merchant out of the room. LOVE. THEY sin who tell us love can die. With life all other...In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the depths of hell. Earthly these passions, as of earth, They perish where they have their birth. But love... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 pages
...AN Till'?. lMMOETALtTY. His love was an eternal plant, whereof The root was fixcd in virtue's ground They sin who tell us love can die ; With life all other passions fly, All others arc but vanity. ln heaven ambltion cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Eartbly these... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...Death alone to others given, This moment hath to him restored The early-lost, the long-deplored. 10. They sin who tell us Love can die. With life all other...But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth ; Too oft on Earth a troubled guest, At times deceived,... | |
 | T. B. Browne - 1838 - 274 pages
...found throughout the whole range of contemporary English poets, than the well-known lines beginning, " They sin who tell us love can die ; With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity." Roderick has been more praised than any of Southey's epics, nevertheless we suspect there are not many... | |
 | 1850 - 464 pages
...assured that ours will thank us if we transfer the precious fragment to onr columns : — " They err who tell us love can die; With life all other passions fly— All others are bnt vanity. In heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions... | |
 | 1838 - 448 pages
...of existence — amidst pure and holy intelligences ! You remember Southey's beautiful lines : — ' They sin who tell us love can die ; With life all other passions fly — But love is indestructible, Its holy flame for ever burneth ; From heaven it comes, to heaven retumeth... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1838 - 222 pages
...something. The motto to one of the poems ri vetted her attention. She read it twice: — " They Bin who tell us Love can die, With life all other passions fly j All others arc but vanity ! In heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of holl —... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pages
...its wounds are healing to the heart it strikes, and prepare for it an exceeding compensation of joy. "They sin who tell us. Love can die, With life all...But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth ; From Heaven it came, to Heaven leturncih ; Too oft on Earth a troubled guest, At times deceived,... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 288 pages
...temple thou fillest!—majestic, serene— On this turf let me worship !—the GODHEAD I feel. LOVE. THEY sin who tell us Love can die : With life all...birth; But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame forever burneth, From heaven it came, to heaven returneth; Too oft on earth a troubled guest, At times... | |
 | mrs hemans - 1839 - 408 pages
...falling, When heaven its own is calling, Know then, thy guide is nigh ! II.—OH! DROOP THOU NOT. *' They sin who tell us love can die, With life all other...avarice in the vaults of hell. Earthly these passions, as of earth— They perish where they drew their birth. But love is indestructible ! Its holy flame... | |
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