 How blest should we be, have I often conceived, Had we really achieved what we nearly achieved ! We but catch at the skirts of the thing we would be, And fall back on the lap of a false destiny.  The poetical works of Owen Meredith - 89. lappuseautors: Edward Robert Bulwer- Lytton (1st earl of.) - 1867Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 lapas
...of the Spirit Echo: lie that o'ercometh shall all things inherit. [From Lucile.'] THE UNFULFILLED. How blest should we be, have I often conceived, Had...part of man Is the part which he never hath fully played out: For the first and last word In life's volume is — Doubt. The face the most fair to our... | |
 | 1869 - 420 lapas
...after we had retired I heard them chattering. (To be continued.} , THE OLD OAK TABLE. CHAPTER XV. ' How blest should we be, have I often conceived, Had...would be, And fall back on the lap of a false destiny. O Horace ! the rustic still rests by the river, '"• But the river flows on, and flows past him for... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1872 - 366 lapas
...nir.-im, Pegasus ! — 'Many's the slip,' Hath l,he proverb well said, ''twixt the cup and the lip ! ' How blest should we be, have I often conceived, Had...So it will be, so has been, since this world began I And the happiest, noblest, and best part of man Is the part which he never hath fully play'd out... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1875 - 430 lapas
...again, Pegasus ! — "Many 's the slip," Hath the proverb well said, "'twixt the cup and the lip ! " How blest should we be, have I often conceived, Had...the skirts of the thing we would be, And fall back ou the lap of a false destiny. So it will be, so has been, since this world began ! And the happiest,... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1877 - 424 lapas
...again, Pegasus ! — "Many 's the slip," Hath the proverb well said, "'twixt the cup and the lip ! " How blest should we be, have I often conceived, Had...it will be, so has been, since this / world began I / And the happiest, noblest, and best part of man Is the part which he never hath fully played out... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1880 - 494 lapas
...again, Pegasus ! — " Many's the slip," Hath the proverb well said, " 'twixt the cup and the lip ! " How blest should we be, have I often conceived, Had...part of man Is the part which he never hath fully played out : For the lirsfc and last word in life's volume is — Doubt. The face the most fair to... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1880 - 452 lapas
...again, Pegasus ! — "Many 's the slip," Hath the proverb well said, " 'twixt the cup and the lip ! " How blest should we be, have I often conceived, Had...! And the happiest, noblest, and best part of man la the part which he never hath fully played out : For the first and last word in life's volume is... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1881 - 526 lapas
...again, Pegasus!— " Many's the slip," Hath the proverb well said, "'twixt the cup and the lip ! " How blest should we be, have I often conceived, Had we really achieved what we nearly achieved l We but catch at the skirts of the thing we would be, And fall back on the lap of a false destiny.... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 lapas
...the skirts of the thing we would be, And full buck on the lap of a false destiny. fio it will be, HO has been since this world began! And the happiest, noblest, and best part of man I? the part which he never hath fully play'd out: For the flrst and last word in life's volume is —... | |
 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton - 1884 - 568 lapas
...again, Pegasus! — " Many's the slip," Hath the proverb well said, " 'twixt the cup and the lip! " How blest should we be, have I often conceived, Had...fall back on the lap of a false destiny. So it will ba, so has been, since this world began ! And the happiest, noblest, and best part of man Is the part... | |
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