 Action is transitory — a step, a blow. The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.  Spare Hours, by John Brown - Halaman 364oleh John Brown - 1882 - 458 halamanTampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | 1842 - 748 halaman
...respect ? Because they carry in themselves яп earnest That we can suffer greatly. MAR. Very true. Osw. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — Tie done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 halaman
...Because they carry in themselves an earnest That we can suffer greatly. MARMADUKE. Very true. OSWALD. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'T is done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves likt men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,... | |
 | 1843 - 746 halaman
...Because they carry in themselves an earnest That we can suffer greatly. MARMADUKE. Very true. OSWALD. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'T is done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 halaman
...— Because they carry in themselves an earnest That we can suffer greatly. Mar. Very true. Огне. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 halaman
...fulfil The comprehensive mandate which they give RYDAL MOUNT, WSSTMOBELAND, April SO, HI!.'. ' Aetion is transitory— a step, a blow. The motion of a muscle — this way or that — Tis done ; and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,... | |
 | Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson - 1847 - 142 halaman
...admiration, chiefly because they carry in themselves an earnest that we can suffer greatly. B. Very true. A. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, the motion of a muscle — this way or that-—' 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy we wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : suffering is permanent,... | |
 | 1848 - 636 halaman
...such men we have nowa-Jays too many. Men are too much in the way of supposing that doing, is being ; that theology and excogitation, and fierce dogmatic...not a series of acts, issuing from a state, like the spring of water from its well. " Action is transitory — a step — a blow, The motion of a muscle... | |
 | 1848 - 626 halaman
...such men we have nowadays too many. Men are too much in the way of supposing that doing, is being ; that theology and excogitation, and fierce dogmatic...they consider truth, is godliness ; that obedience is merly an occasional great act, and not a series of acts, •.>(.;( ft.i (I'Uj rr 1///VO. i. «.; u... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 540 halaman
...been written many years before in ' The Borderers ' (Act HI. last scene) where they also appear : ' Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'T is done ; and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1856 - 484 halaman
...move our admiration, chiefly Because they carry in themselves an earnest That we can suffer greatly. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy AVe wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,... | |
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