 But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2221818Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...good or crime, According as their souls were form'd to sink or climb : XXIII. Bit mr and anon of prief broader beams began to creep, And lift their shining eyelids from the deep ; The sail resumed its ; AHÍ -slight withal may be the things which bring Bick on the heart tho weight which it would fling... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 318 pages
...Some seek devotion, toil, war, good or crime, According as their souls were form'd to sink or climb. But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a...with fresh bitterness imbued: And slight withal may ha the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may... | |
 | James Wardrop - 1851 - 642 pages
...imperceptibly, cardiac congestion, and gradually destroying the vigour of the whole frame. " Of grief subdued There comes a token like a scorpion's sting...heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever." BVHON. CMs. An amiable woman lost suddenly one of her children, and her grief was so intense that she... | |
 | 1852 - 448 pages
...are, doubtless, familiar to every reader of these pages, yet I cannot forbear transcribing them here : "And slight, withal, may be the things which bring...on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside forever ; it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's breath, or spring — A flower — a leaf... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1852 - 512 pages
...she could, Cassy left the shed. CHAPTER XXXV. THE TOKENS. "And slight, withal, may be the things that bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever ; it may be a sound, A flower, the wind, the ocean, which shall wound, — Striking the electric chain wherewith we're darkly... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1852 - 358 pages
...she could, Cassy left the shed. CHAPTER XVI. The tokens. "And slight withal may be the things that bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever; it may be a sound, A flower, the wind, the ocean, which shall wound — Striking the electric chain wherewith we're darkly... | |
 | Mélanie V de Régnier - 1852 - 356 pages
...contagieux " N'altère point sou innocence. EACINE. CHAPITRE IV. But ever and anon of griefs subdued Thére comes a token, like a scorpion's sting, Scarce seen,...fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be tbe things which bring Back on the héart the weight which it would fling Âside for ever ; it may... | |
 | William Charles McKinnon - 1852 - 300 pages
...illusive and shadowy it grows. The same feeling, I expect, was felt by Byron, when he says : — ' But, ever and anon, of griefs subdued, There comes a token, like a scorpion's sting — Scarce felt — but with fresh bitterness imbued.' " Men who entertain this morbid feeling are ridiculed,... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1852 - 446 pages
...like Babylon ! t04 ON BURNING A PACKET OF LETTERS. And slight withal may be the things that bring Bock on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever. BYRON. Relies of love, and life's enchanted spring, Of hopes, born rainbow-like of smiles and tears,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1852 - 682 pages
...fearless-hearted, Our brethren of the sword ! HAUNTED GROUND. •» And iliffht, withal, may be the thingm which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Abide for ever — it may be a sound, A tone of music, Summer eve, or Spring, A flower— the wind—... | |
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