 Bursts up in flame ; the war of tongue and pen Learns with what deadly purpose it was fraught, And, helpless in the fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men : Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed...  Under the Willows, and Other Poems - Page 250by James Russell Lowell - 1869 - 286 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1866 - 504 pages
...fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men : Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, And...claim of thee the promise of thy youth ; Give me thy lifef or cower in empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate ! " Life may be given in many... | |
 | 1868 - 850 pages
...fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men. Sume day the soft ideal, that we wooed Confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, And...empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate I ' Lite may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth bo sealed As bravely in the closet as the field,... | |
 | 1868 - 874 pages
...fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men. Some day the soft ideal that we wooed Confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, And...empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate ! ' Life may be given in many ways, And loyaltv to truth be sealed As bravely m the closet as the field,... | |
 | 1868 - 556 pages
...fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men. Some day the soft ideal that we wooed Confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, And...'Was it, then, my praise, And not myself was loved Í Prove now thy truth ; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth ; Give roe thy life, or cower in... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men: Some day the soft Ideal that we a man, a solitary hand, Along the letters ran and traced them like a wand. The monarch saw and shoo [truth ; And not myself was loved Î Prove now thy I claim of thec the promise of thy youth ; Give... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 pages
...fiery passion caught. Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men : Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, And...empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate l " Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to Truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pages
...fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men : Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, And...empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate ! " Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to Truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 242 pages
...fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men : Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, And...life, or cower in empty phrase, The victim of thy genins, not its mate ! " Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to Truth be sealed As bravely... | |
 | 1876 - 294 pages
...fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shook of men: Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, And...empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate ! " Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to Truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 276 pages
...fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men: Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, And...empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate ! " Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to Truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the... | |
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