 But as, on some far northern strand, Thinking of his own Gods, a Greek In pity and mournful awe might stand Before some fallen Runic stone — For both were faiths, and both are gone. I Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be...  Reminiscences and Sketches - 220. oldalszerző: Charles Forster Smith - 1909 - 448 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Phillips Brooks - 1838 - 394 oldal
...characteristic perhaps of all of them, has given of himself tells well enough the story of the age, — " Wandering between two worlds, one dead The other powerless...born, With nowhere yet to rest my head Like these 011 earth I wait forlorn." And yet the forlornness of such a mood is always brightened by the persistent... | |
 | 1872 - 862 oldal
...аз ho gazes on the pale ascetic faces of the Carthusian monks, and delivers himself thus : — " Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other...born. With nowhere yet to rest my head, Like these, on ciirth I wait forlorn. Their faith, my tears, the worM deride; I come to shed them at their aide."... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1896 - 758 oldal
...In his well-known elegiac stauzas Matthew Arnold likens his own state to that of the monks : — " Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other...to be born, With nowhere yet to rest my head. Like theso on earth I wait forlorn. Their faith, my tears, the world deride, — I come to shed them at... | |
 | 1867 - 832 oldal
...forbids him, yield to dogma to be rid of the burden of doubt. Not as their friend or child I speak ! But as on some far northern strand, Thinking of his own...Wandering between two worlds, one dead, • The other powerless to be bom, With nowhere yet to rest my head, Like these on earth I wait forlorn. Their faith,... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1880 - 674 oldal
...of the day may be described and summed up in these four lines from " The Grande Chartreuse " : — Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other...rest my head, Like these, on earth I wait forlorn. For him, Christianity is practically dead. Christ has reigned, but his empire is now broken. As Obermann... | |
 | 1869 - 438 oldal
...forbids him, yield to dogma to be rid of the burden of doubt. Not as their friend or child I speak! But as on some far northern strand, Thinking of his own Gods, a Greck In pity and mournful awe might stand Before some fallen Runic stone— For both were faiths and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 288 oldal
...anchorites, not hi ruth, To curse and to deny your truth ; Not as their friend or child I speak ! But as on some far northern strand, Thinking of his own...Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be bom, With nowhere yet to rest my head, Like these, on earth I wait forlorn. Their faith,... | |
 | Phillips Brooks - 1878 - 396 oldal
...characteristic perhaps of all of them, has given of himself tells well enough the story of the age, — " Wandering between two worlds, one dead The other powerless...rest my head Like these on earth I wait forlorn." And yet the forlornness of such a mood is always brightened by the persistent conviction that there... | |
 | Phillips Brooks - 1878 - 398 oldal
...characteristic perhaps of all of them, has given of himself tells well enough the story of the age, — " Wandering between two worlds, one dead The other powerless...rest my head Like these on earth I wait forlorn." And yet the forlornness of such a mood is always brightened by the persistent conviction that there... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1878 - 396 oldal
...anchorites, not in ruth, * To curse and to deny your truth; Not as their friend, or child, I speak! * But as, on some far northern strand, Thinking of his own...awe might stand Before some fallen Runic stone— Tor both were faiths, and both are gone. Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless... | |
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