 Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck of happiness Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess; The magnet of their course is gone, or only points in vain The shore to which their shiver'd sail shall never stretch again. Then the...  English Essays ... - Page 2961869Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1816 - 572 pages
...Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck of happiness, " "Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess : The magnet of their course is...gone, or only points in vain The shore to which their shiver'd >aiP shall never .stretch again. ' Then * Besides all this objectionable alliteration, the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 212 pages
...Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck of happiness, Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess : The magnet of their course is...gone, or only points in vain The shore to which their shiver'd sail shall never stretch again. 3. Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itself... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck of happiness, Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess : The magnet of their course is...gone, or only points in vain The shore to which their shiver'd sail shall never stretch again. 3. Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itself... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck of happiness, Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess : The magnet of their course is...gone, or only points in vain The shore to which their shiver'd sail shall never stretch again. 3. Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itself... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 332 pages
...youth itself 2. Then the few whose spirits float ahove the wreck of Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess: The magnet of their course is...gone, or only points in vain The shore to which their shiver'd sail shall never stretch again. 3. Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itse comes... | |
 | 1825 - 500 pages
...There the few n hose spirits float above the wreck of happinessi Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt, or ocean of excess; The magnet of their course is...points in vain The shore to which their shivered sail shall never stretch again. Thus the highest conceptions of abstract virtue may only lead to actions... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...past. Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck of happiness Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess : The magnet of their course is...gone, or only points in vain The shore to which their shiver' d sail shall never stretch again. Then themortal coldness of the soul like death itselfcomes... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck of happiness, Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt J 1 shiver'd sail shall never stretch again. Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itself comes... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 566 pages
....'»• pnhlished them, \vith very heantiini mntie hy Sir John Steventon. The magnet of their conrse is gone, or only points in vain The shore to which their shiver'd sail shall never stretch again. Then the mortal coldness of the sonl like death itself comes... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...2. Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck of happiness Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess : The magnet of their course is gone, or only paints in vain The shore to which their shiver'd sail shall never stretch again. * These verses were... | |
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