...unseen, held communion with the far. Shelley has thus expressed the yearnings of a poet's soul :— The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for...to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow. It has ever been a favourite thought with us, that " imagination is often prophecy, and the poet a seer."...

...does not possess truth. All loves are endless — all have for centre the infinite. It is — " The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for...to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow." " Love," says Hazlitt, "is an ideal passion. We give to it our all of hope, of fear, of present enjoyment;...

...theories grew from what is best and loftiest in this strangely -mingled nature of ours : The <lesiro of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow ; Tho longing for something afur From the sphere of our sorrow. And the wisdom of those elder thinkers,...

...neighbours, and the least pervaded with The worship the heart lifts above, And the heavens reject not ; The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for...devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow. When, in a word, we are most inclined to sneer, and are least conscious of the overarching Infinite,...

...instance of his manner of treating this difficult subject : — " I can give not what men call love, " The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for...devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow ?" This avoiding of that minute description of particular charms was in Shelley the result of his perfect...

...love ; But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above. And the Heaven's reject not .' The desire of the moth for the star Of the night for the morrow ; The devotion to something afar From the iphere of our sorrow TO A LADY WITH A GUITAR. Ariel to Miranda : — Take This slave of music, for...

...month. You are a boy-lover, and woo her as yet with The desire of the north for the star, Of the day for the morrow ; The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow. She withdraws her coy yet half-reluctant head. " Good night," she says, " Willie," and half turns from...

...call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above, And the Heavens reject not: The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for...devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow ? 1H21. LORD BYRON 1788—1824. MARY CHAWORTI1. BYRON spent the summer vacation of 1808 at Newstead...

...call love ; But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject not: The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for...devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow ? PB Shelley ccrv GATHERING SONG OF DONALD THE BLACK Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Pibroch of Donuil Wake thy...

...call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above, And the Heavens reject not: The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for...devotion to something afar From the sphere of our soirow ? 1821. LORD BYRON 1788—1824. MART CHAWORTI1. BYRON spent the summer vacation of 1803 at Newstead...