 Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing; But, like a mole in earth, busy and...  The authoress, by the author of 'Rachel'. - Page 479de Authoress - 1810Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Language - 1877 - 316 pages
...pain. — Tennyson. Lady's Slipper ... ... .1 CapHaout beauty. Win ( me and wear me. Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. — Dryden. Lagerstrsemia, Indian Eloquence. That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, If with... | |
 | John Dryden - 1877 - 420 pages
...to bid her stay, and ruin both. [Exit. Dola. Men are but children of a larger gro Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But,... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pages
...such men are dangerous. SlEAKESrERE, — MEN are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...DRYDEN. Vain men, how vanishing a bliss we crave : Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave. DRYDEN. Men are but children of a larger growth : Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. DRYDEN. Mankind one day serene and free appear ; The next, they're cloudy, sullen, and severe; New... | |
 | John Dryden - 1878 - 368 pages
...another play, ' All for Love,' we owe— ' Men are but children of a larger growth: Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.' It is Almanzor in the First Part of 'The Conquest of Granada' who exclaims, addressing the King BoabdaUin—... | |
 | Joseph Samuel Exell - 1879 - 632 pages
...Roman Saturnalia, in which the actors painted their faces, and ridiculed or struck the bystanders. "Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul shut up in her dark room. Viewing so clear abroad, at homeseesnothing; But like... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...straws upon the surface flow, He who would search for pearls must dive below. All for Lore, Prologue. Men are but children of a larger growth. Our appetites...as theirs, And full as craving too and full as vain . . . !' '-.I., act iv. K. I, Yoor ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me. Tlie Maiden Queen,... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...wheels of life at last stood still. MEN. MEN are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But like... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...Mankind each other's stories still repeat, And man to man is a succeeding cheat. Howard, D. ofLerma. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites are apt to change as theirs, And full as eraving too, and lull as vain. MAN— continued. Mankind one day serene and free appear ; The next,... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1882 - 136 pages
...by an idiot, full of sound and fury, 25. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But, like... | |
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