...Stygian hue. 227 " This visage tells thee that my doom is past : Know, virtue were not virtue if the joys Of sense were able to return as fast And surely...approve The depth, and not the tumult of the soul ; The fervor — not the impotence of love. Thy transports moderate ; and meekly mourn When I depart,...

...a Stygian hue. " This visage tells thee that my doom is past : Know, virtue were not virtue if the joys Of sense were able to return as fast And surely...approve The depth, and not the tumult of the soul ; The fervor — not the impotence of love. Thy transports moderate ; and meekly mourn When I depart,...

...conscious Pares: "This visage tells thee that my doom is past: Know, virtue were not virtue if the oh faithful Consort, to control Rebellious passion : for the Gods approve The depth and not the tumult...

...regarded as especially fitted for amatory admiration or complaint. Wordsworth has told us that — The gods approve The depth and not the tumult of the soul, A fervent, not ungovernable love. If so, the love which the gods approve may, no doubt, be adequately expressed in a sonnet. But to the...

...to her husband as the statue or image of herself. And here we have another instance of * — — — The gods approve The depth, and not the tumult of the soul. WORDSWORTH. " 11 pouvait y avoir des vagues majestueuses et non de 1'orage dans son cceur," was finely...

...forgiveness, and wait the fulfilment of the oracle which had promised the termination of her sorrows. Thus -The gods approve The depth, and not the tumult of the soul. WORDSWORTH. • a premature reconciliation would not only have been painfully inconsistent with the...

...itself to the lessons of the Gospel, only because it is part of the original instincts of humanity. " The gods approve The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul ; A fervent, not ungovernable love. By no weak pity might the gods be moved ; She, who thus perished not without the crime Of lovers that...

...are not likely to captivate in return." But Juliet not only loved too soon — she loved too much. " The gods approve The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul." And Romeo too ! we have rummaged out another sibylline leaf, which says — " A hero even in love should...

...hue. ' This visage tells thee that my doom is past ; Nor should the change be mourned, even if the q g ŧ%$ # / > 0 6 ( jԐ;@ +u q |, r 0 faithful consort, to control Rebellious passion ; for the gods approve The depth, and not the tumult,...

...outward impressions) admirably in the poem of ' Laodamia: ' — " Know, virtue were not virtue, if the joys Of sense were able to return as fast And surely...disdains — Calm pleasures there abide, majestic pains." These lines are a noble description and example of the ideal in poetry. But the ideal is not in general...