 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
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 588 pages
...light. A SIMILE. MEN. (From "Allfor Love") 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...DRYDEN. Yain 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... | |
 | 1892 - 624 pages
...Roman Saturnalia, in which the acton 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, athomeseesnothing; But like a... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...dying all reprieve's too late. MANKIND. 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 seel 1 101 hint; ; But,... | |
 | 1897 - 308 pages
...brain Begot of nothing but vain phantasy. — Shakspere. Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), Act I., Sc. IV. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. — Dry den. All For Love, Act IV., Sc. I. Unruly children make their sire stoop. — Shakspere. Richard... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pages
...: to be tender-minded Does not become a sword." SHAKESPEARE. King Lear flmund), Act V., Sc. III. " Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain." DRYDEN. All For Love, Act IV., Sc. I. " Women, then, are only children of a larger growth." CHESTERFIELD.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...dying all reprieve 's too late. MANKIND. 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... | |
 | William Caswell Jones - 1897 - 368 pages
...6f bright essence increate. MEN. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites as apt t6 change as theirs, And full as craving, too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul shut up in her dark room, Viewing s6 clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But like... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 610 pages
...in action, how like an angel 1 in apprehension, how like a God I — Shakespeare: * Hamlet,* Act II. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving, too, and full as vain 1 — Dryden. But we all are men, In our own natures frail, and capable Of our flesh ; few are angels.... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 pages
...in action, how like an angel ! in apprehension, how like a God I — Shakespeare: ' Hamlet,* Act II. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving, too, and full as vain ! — Dryden. But we all are men, In our own natures frail, and capable Of our flesh ; few are angels.... | |
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