Ay, but to die, and go," alas ! Where all have gone, and all must go ! To be the nothing that I was Ere born to life and living woe ! — Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been,... George Eliot's Works - Page 270by George Eliot - 1894Full view - About this book
| Scotland Church of - 1853 - 804 pages
...madd'ning soul, The heart — the heart is lonely still. "Ay, but to die, and go, alas! Where all has gone, and all must go; To be the nothing that I was,...Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen ; Count o'er the days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be. "Nay,... | |
| Jeremiah Dodsworth - Future life - 1853 - 312 pages
...of the land of infidelity, and the cold sentimentalism of such as have no hope beyond the grave : * Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er...days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast seen, 'Tis something better not to be. Nay, for myself, so dark my fate, Through every turn of life... | |
| Churches of Christ - 1853 - 588 pages
...pleasure fill the maddening soul, The heart— the heart is lonely still. " Nay, hut to die and go, alas ! Where all have gone, and all must go, To be the nothing that I was, Kre horn to life and living wce. i' Count o'er the joys thine hours have scen, Count o'er thy uays... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 pages
...Death hath ceas'd to lower, And pain been transient or unknown. "Ay, but to die, and go," alas ! AVhere all have gone, and all must go ! To be the nothing...from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be. AND THOU AKT DEAD, AS YOUNG AND FAIR. ' ' Heu, quanta minus eat cum... | |
| James McFarlane Mathews - Apologetics - 1855 - 416 pages
...ill, Though pleasure fill the maddening soul, i : • • i The heart — the heart is lonely still. "Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count...from' anguish free, And know whatever thou hast been, Tis something better not to be. "e " Nay, for myself, so dark my fate Through every turn of life hath... | |
| John Cumming - Apologetics - 1856 - 300 pages
...pleasure fills the maddening soul, The heart—the heart is lonely still. " Aye, but to die, and go, alas! Where all have gone, and all must go; To be the Nothing...from anguish free; And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be. "Nay, for myself, so dark my fate Through every turn of life hath... | |
| Henry Gabriel Migault - 1856 - 1072 pages
...) that he would, probably, destroy himself. — Let us remember that he says in his Euthanasia: „ Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er...from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to bt" — nor may we forget that his own last words were those which he... | |
| Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...moment, like a wife, we shun, And ne'er enjoy, because it is our own. 3Uf Z. — Campbell. £]OUNT o'er the Joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy...from Anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, ;Tis something better not to be. Utfo — Prior. T\TE Happiness pursue ; we fly from pain ; Yet the... | |
| 1856 - 902 pages
...' Ay, but to die and go, alas ! Where all have ь'.те, and and all must go, ' Count o'er the JOTS thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever tuou aast been, 'Tie something better not to be. 'Sa;', for myself, so dark my fute Through every turn... | |
| 1857 - 668 pages
...the sense of ill, Though pleasure fill the maddening soul, The heart, the heart is lonely still. " Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er...from anguish free, And know whatever thou hast been. 'Tis something better not to be. " Nay, for myself, so dark my fate Through every turn of life hath... | |
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