 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 228 pages
...We cannot better conclude this chapter than with the following appropriate lines by Southey. " They sin who tell us love can die. With life all other...In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the depths of hell. Earthly these passions, as of earth, They perish where they have their birth. But love... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 274 pages
...never intrude. Truth' there is, as well as beauty, in the lines of one of his favourite poets. " They sin who tell us love can die ; With life all other...for ever burneth ; From heaven it came, to heaven returncth ; Too oft on earth a troubled guest, At times deceived, at times opprest, It here is tried... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 pages
...remember the Flake of Snow By the promise that God hath given." Miss GoULD, LOVE'S IMMORTALITY. THEY sin who tell us love can die ! With life all other...the earth, They perish where they have their birth : Its holy flame for ever burneth, From heaven it came, to heaven returneth : For oft on earth a troubled... | |
 | Thomas Harttree Cornish - 1836 - 538 pages
...invention spent, Three themes in one, which wond'rous scope affords. SHAESPEARI. LOVE IMMORTAL. THEY sin, who tell us Love can die : With life all other...dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of hell. Earthly those passions of the earth, — They perish where they have their birth. But Love is indestructible... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1836 - 472 pages
...DROOP THOU NOT! They lin who tell ui love can die. With life all other рамюгш fly ; All olhera are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell. Nor avarice in the vault! of hell. Earthly theau paMioiu, ai of earth — They perish where they drew their birth. But... | |
 | R T. Linnington - 1837 - 274 pages
...; And look beyond this earthly night, To crowns of gold, and bowers of light. EDMESToN. LOVE. They sin who tell us love can die. With life all other...avarice in the vaults of hell. Earthly, these passions are of earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But love is indestructible. Its holy flame... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1837 - 976 pages
...was something. The motto to one of the poems rivetted her attention. She read it twice : — " They sin who tell us Love can die, With life all other...Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of hellEarthly these passions, as of earth, — They perish where they drew their birth. But Love in indestructible... | |
 | 1837 - 418 pages
...the law of arrest,'' answered the magistrate ; and he bowed the merchant out of the room. LOVE. THEY sin who tell us love can die. With life all other...In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the depths of hell. Earthly these passions, as of earth, They perish where they have their birth. But love... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 pages
...Till'?. lMMOETALtTY. His love was an eternal plant, whereof The root was fixcd in virtue's ground They sin who tell us love can die ; With life all other passions fly, All others arc but vanity. ln heaven ambltion cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Eartbly these... | |
 | Thomas Browne Browne - 1838 - 274 pages
...throughout the whole range of contemporary English poets, than the well-known lines beginning, " They sin who tell us love can die ; With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity." Roderick has been more praised than any of Southey's epics, nevertheless we suspect there are not many... | |
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They sin who tell us love can die. ; With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell ; Earthly these passions of the Earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But Love... 
