Yes, love indeed is light from heaven.. A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Allah given, To lift from earth our low desire. Devotion wafts the mind above, But Heaven itself descends in love; A feeling from the Godhead caught, To wean... Frithiof's Saga: A Legend of the North - Seite 4von Esaias Tegnér - 1839 - 302 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 Seiten
...earth our low desire. " Devotion wafts the mind above, 1135 " But Heaven itself descends in love ; " A feeling from the Godhead caught, " To wean from self each sordid thought " A Ray of him who fonn'd the whole ; " A Glory circling round the soul ! 1140 " I grant my love imperfect, all " That... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 Seiten
...earth our low desire. " Devotion wafts the mind above, 1135 " But Heaven itself descends in love; " A feeling from the Godhead caught, " To wean from self each sordid thought; " A Ray of him who formed the whole; " A Glory circling round the soul ! 1 14O " I grant my love imperfect, all " That... | |
| 1818 - 596 Seiten
...lift from earth our low desire. Devotion wafts the mind above, But heav'n itself descends in love : A feeling from the Godhead caught, To wean from self each sordid thought : A ray of HIM who fram'd the whole, A glory circling round the soul. SELF-EX A MIN ATION. Nor let soft slumbers close... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 384 Seiten
...light from heaven; "A spark of that immortal fire "With angels shared, by Alia given» 112O 1124 "A feeling from the Godhead caught, "To wean from self each sordid thought j " A Ray of him who formed the whole; "A Glory circling round ihe soul! ii4o "I grant my love imperfect,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 486 Seiten
...earth our low desire. « Devotion wafts the mind above, « But Heaven itself descends in love ; « A feeling from the Godhead caught, « To wean from self each sordid thought ; « A ray of him who farmed the whole; i1 A glory circling round the soul 1 i: I grant my love imperfect, all « That mortals... | |
| 1822 - 272 Seiten
...from earth our low desire. Devotion wafts the mind above, But Heaven itself descends in love — A feeling from the Godhead caught, To wean from self each sordid thought — A ray of Him, who (orm'd the whole%A glory, circling round the »oul." [From the same.] " Breathes there the wretch,... | |
| 1824 - 232 Seiten
...lift from earth our low desire. Devotion wafts the mind ahove, But heaven itself descends in love; A feeling from the godhead caught, To wean from self each sordid thought; A ray of him who fornvd the whole ; A glory circling round the soul! I grant my love imperfect, all That mortals by... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 Seiten
...lift from earth our low desire. Devotion wafts the mind above, But Heaven itself descends in love; A feeling from the Godhead caught, To wean from self each sordid thought; A ray of him who formed the whole; A glory circling round the soul! Oh, Love ! what is it in this world of ours Which... | |
| M. G. Lewis - 1825 - 1098 Seiten
...earth onr low de-sir.. Devotion wa"s the mind above, : . . Bat heaven itself descends in love — A feeling from the godhead caught, To wean from self each sordid thought — A ray of him who formed the whole — A glory circling round the soul ! " The love of after-years generally partakes... | |
| George Clinton (biographer of Byron.) - 1825 - 314 Seiten
...lift from earth our low desire. Devotion wafts the mind above, But Heaven itself descends in love ; A feeling from the Godhead caught, To wean from self each sordid thought ; A" ray of Him who formed the whole ; A glory circling round the soul ! And she was lost — and yet I breathed, But not... | |
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