 Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven : And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon...  Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott: Two Lives - 37 ページJames White 著 - 1858 - 278 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | 1861 - 378 ページ
...though chastened intensity. It was very evident that I had touched a sensitive chord. We read of— " A tear SO limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek !" And surely of such a nature were those pearly drops which, in spite of all her efforts to restrain... | |
 | Reminiscences - 1851 - 86 ページ
...measure. Those words of Scott were never more beautifully illustrated than on that occasion : — " Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head." This heart-rending ceremony completely overpowered him. A kind of stupor succeeded, his eyes being... | |
 | Thomas Binney - 1851 - 166 ページ
...— what drops must have accompanied the parting paternal benediction — on that memorable day ! " Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth...limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek, — 'T is that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head." But the two circumstances... | |
 | Crumpe - 1852 - 988 ページ
...of the agitated group, and in a few moments all was once more comparatively silent. CHAPTER XIII. " Some feelings are to mortals given With less of Earth in them than Heaven." SIB WALTEB SCOTT. " A happier smile illumes each brow, With quicker spread each heart uncloses." Moou.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 ページ
...her dear form, his mother's band, The islet far behind her lay, And she had landed in the bay. XX1I. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Donglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely press'd Snch holy drops her tresses steep'd, Thongh... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 ページ
...laughter turns to tears; And all the jewels which we prize, Melt in these pendants of the eyes. Manell. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head. Scott. For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile. Campbell. There is a sweet salt in thy kisses,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 ページ
...conceal'd, Yet not less purely felt the flame; — O need I tell that passion's name ! PATERNAL AFFECTION. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head I Tlit same. AN HOUR WITH THEE. An hour with thee ! When earliest day Dapples with gold the eastern... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1894 - 208 ページ
...her dear form, his mother's band, The islet far behind her lay, And she had landed in the bay. XXII. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clenr, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers... | |
 | John Lubbock - 1894 - 356 ページ
...Each one of us possesses a well of living water in his own soul, if he will only keep it pure — " Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth, in them than heaven." 1 Cicero very truly says : " If it be true that no one except a good man is happy, and that all good... | |
 | 1895 - 768 ページ
...day, Will weep indeed, and heave a pitying groan For others' woes, but smiles upon Tier own. Cowper. Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven. Scott, Lady, n. 22. PIGMIES. Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps, And pyramids are pyramids... | |
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