 Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing; But, like a mole in earth, busy...  The Busy Body: A Comedy - Seite 64von Susanna Centlivre - 1797 - 112 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 388 Seiten
...familiar : — " Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too and full as vain ; And yet...blind, Works all her folly up and casts it outward In the world's open view.' ' 1 The image is mixed and even contradictory, but the thought obtains grace... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 410 Seiten
...familiar: — " Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too and full as vain; And yet...blind, Works all her folly up and casts it outward In the world's open view.''' The image is mixed and even contradictory, but the thought obtains grace... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 386 Seiten
...familiar : — " Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too and full as vain ; And yet...blind, Works all her folly up and casts it outward In the world's open view.' ' 1 The image is mixed and even contradictory, but the thought obtains grace... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 416 Seiten
...familiar : — " Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too and full as vain ; And yet the soul, shut np in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But, like a mole in earth, busy... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1891 - 412 Seiten
...Shinar, stately with towers, round which the Deluge of ages roars in vain. 40. And yet the soul, shut tip in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home...blind, Works all her folly up and casts it outward In the world's open view. — Dryden. 41. But after all, he [Dryden] is best upon a level, — table-land,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1891 - 384 Seiten
...children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too and fall as vain ; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing go clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But, like a mole in earth, busy and blind, Works all her folly... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1883 - 456 Seiten
...next command Would be, to bid her stay, and ruin both. go; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet...blind, Works all her folly up, and casts it outward To the world's open view : Thus I discovered, And blamed the love of ruined Antony ; Yet wish that... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 Seiten
...God. Raskin. The soul reveals itself in the voice only. ... It is audible, not visible. Longfellow. The soul shut up in her dark room, / Viewing so clear...blind, / Works all her folly up, and casts it outward / To the worm s open view. DryJcn. The soul, / The particle of God sent down to man,/ Which doth in... | |
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 614 Seiten
..."All for Love") MEN are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet...blind, Works all her folly up, and casts it outward To the world's view. THE UNITY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. (From " The Hind and the Panther.") ONE iii... | |
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 588 Seiten
..."Allfor Love") MEN are but children of a. larger growth ; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet...blind, Works all her folly up, and casts it outward To the world's view, THE UNITY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. (From " The Hind and the Panther.") ONE in herself,... | |
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