I dare not guess ; but in this life Of error, ignorance, and strife, Where nothing is, but all things seem, And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant if one considers it, To own that death itself must be, Like all the rest,... Essays - Page 88by William Butler Yeats - 1918 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...this life Of error, ignorance, and strife, Where nothing is, but all things eccm, And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant,...the rest, a mockery. That garden sweet, that lady fur, And all sweet shapes and odours there. In truth have never pass'd away : Т is we, Ч is ours,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...is, but all things seem, And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet i'loasant, t Swear to me, ere I die With fearful expectation,...what thou seemeet — Mother! LUCRETIA. Oh! My swee iweet shapes and odors there, In truth have never pass'd away : 'T is we, Ч u ours, are changed ;... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1834 - 888 pages
...this life Of error, ignorance, and strife, Where nothing is, but all things seem, AnJ we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant...if one considers it, To own that death itself must he, Like all the rest, a mockery. That garden sweet, that lady fnir, And nil sweet shapes and odours... | |
| English literature - 1835 - 598 pages
...moral, we have some remarkable stanzas, two of which we quote; the whole poem is a beautiful allegory. " It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant, if one considers...sweet shapes and odours there, In truth have never pass'd away, Tis we — 'tis ours are changed : — not they ! While on this part of our subject, we... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English poetry - 1838 - 634 pages
...this life Of error, ignorance, and strife, Where nothing is, but all things seem, And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant,...garden sweet, that lady fair, And all sweet shapes and odors there, In truth have never pass'd away : Tii we, 'tis ours, are changed : not they. For love,... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - Italy - 1840 - 368 pages
...this life Of terror, ignorance, and strife, Where nothing is, but all things seem, And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant,...lady fair, And all sweet shapes, and odours there, doctrine, nor philosophical precept, can shake the faith that a mind so original, so delicately and... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 402 pages
...things seem, And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest ereed, and yet Pleasant, if one eonsiders it, To own that death itself must be, Like all the rest, a moekery. That garden sweet, that lady fair, And all sweet shapes and odours there, In truth have never... | |
| Literature - 1907 - 848 pages
...too much. Would any race have had the courage to start upon its way had it conceived death as real? it is a modest creed and yet Pleasant if one considers it, To own that death itself must be LJke all the rest, a mockery. lt is a creed which springs from the very instinct of life. Two pelicans... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...this life Of error, ignorance, and strife, Where nothing is, but all things seem, And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant,...sweet shapes and odours there, In truth have never pass'd away: 'Tis we, 'tis ours, are changed ; not they. For love, and beauty, and delight, There is... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1845 - 186 pages
...this life Of terror, ignorance, and strife, Where nothing is, but all things seem, And we the shadows of the dream : It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant,...And all sweet shapes, and odours there, In truth, haye never passed away ; 'Tie we, 'tis ours are changed — not they. For love, and beauty, and delight,... | |
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