 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...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Side 352af Walter Scott - 1852 - 580 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1861 - 378 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...— 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 sider
...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.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 sider
...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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 sider
...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,... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 sider
...Beauty sleeps In her most green recesses, to be found By all who seek her truly. BABBY COBNWAIX. A TEAB. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head. SIB W. SCOTT. MABBIAGE. Oh, if there be one hour, which more Than any other craves a parent's presence,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1853 - 404 sider
...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...so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis thai which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast His... | |
 | John Kitto - 1853 - 302 sider
...just within the door. their lip to ,the sound of that hateful monosyllable of refusal, and say, No. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek, it must be that tear which starts into the eye of boy and girl, when their heart feels the sudden throb... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 sider
...her dear form, his mother's band, The islet fur behind her by, And she had landed in the bay. XXIL Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...refined and clear, A tear -so limpid and so meek, poem haï wlilom. if over, been introduced with find effect, o> in a manner better calculated to excite... | |
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