 Could he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break the link That keeps us from yon heaven which woos us to its brink.  Knight's Quarterly Magazine - Page 3641823Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1817 - 590 pages
...bright As their own beams ; and earth, and earth-born jars3 And human frailties, were forgotten quite : Could he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy ; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break... | |
 | 1818 - 896 pages
...bright , As their own beams; and earth, and earth-born jars, And human frailties, were forgotten quite : Could he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy ; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light our present author! An example will... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...bright As their own beams; ami earth, an 1 earth-born jars, And human frailties, were forgotten iInite : Could he have kept his spirit to that flight . * He had been happy; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...bright As their own beams ; and earth, and earth-born jars, And human frailties, were forgotten quite : Could he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy ; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...bright As their own beams ; and earth, and earth-born jars, And human frailties, were forgotten quite : Could he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy ; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...As their own beams; and earth, and earth-born jars, And human frailties, were forgotten quite: Gould he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy: but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if'to break... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...bright As their own beams ; and earth, and earthborn jars. And human frailties, were forgotten quite : Could he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy; but this clay will sink Its spark immorta'l, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...bright As their own beams ; and earth, and earth-born jars, And human frailties, were forgotten quite : Could he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy ; but this clay will siuk Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...bright As their own beams ; and earth, and earth-born jars, And human frailties, were forgotten quite : Could he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy ; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...As their own beams; and earth, and earth-boru jars, And human frailties, were forgotten qnite: Cunld he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it monnts, as 'if to break... | |
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