 Tis she ; — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ! Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it, in heaven, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part ?...  The Port Folio - Page 5161813Full view - About this book
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 pages
...gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? O ever beauteous, ever friendly, tell, Is it in Heav'na crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or too...the sky For those who greatly think or bravely die ? No composition can require a more animated pronunciation than this passage : if the reader does not... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...gor'o^ Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? O, ever beauteous ! ever friendly ! tell, Is it in Heav'na crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or too firm a heart, To act a Lover's or a Roman's parti1 Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think or bravely die ? Why bade... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...can imagine; and that VOL. III. Q the Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, 5 Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or...the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? 10 Why bade ye else, ye Pow'rs! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire ? Ambition... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...can imagine ; and that VOL. III. Q the Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, 5 Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or...the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? 10 Why bade ye else, ye Pow'rs ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire ? Ambition... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly 1 h of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest lender, or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part ? 1s there no bright reversion in the... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...glade ? TIs she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gored ? Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? O ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it, in heaven,...the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? Why bade ye else, ye powers ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire ? Ambition first... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...gleams the visionary sword ï Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly t tell, Is it, in heaven, a crime to luve too well ? To bear too tender, or too firm a heart ? To act a lover's or a Roman's partí Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? Most... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...dimly gleams the visionary sword ? O uver beauteous, ever friendly! tell, Is it, in h -'иven, a erime nymphs to daunt, ( )r fright them from their hallow aet a lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reversion in the sky For those who greatly think,... | |
 | 1826 - 310 pages
...? 'Tis she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd ? Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it in Heaven a...the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die ? Why bade ye else, ye powers ! her soul aspire Abeve the vulgar flight of low desire ! Ambition first... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 562 pages
...as bad as the design : it is a commendation not only of the person, but the act! " Is it in heav'na crime to love too well ? To bear too tender or too firm a heart? To act a Lover's, or a Roman'* part 1" Yes, whatever men may think, it is a crime and no small one, with Him that sitteth... | |
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