 Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing: But, like a mole in earth, busy and...  Notes and Queries - Page 1271851Full view - About this book
 | Language - 1877 - 316 pages
...puts an end to pain. — Tennyson. Lady's Slipper ... ... .1 CapHaout beauty. Win ( me and wear me. Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. — Dryden. Lagerstrsemia, Indian Eloquence. That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, If with... | |
 | John Dryden - 1877 - 420 pages
...command Would be to bid her stay, and ruin both. [Exit. Dola. Men are but children of a larger gro Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But,... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...race. Somervillt. 2391. MAN : inconstant. MEN are but children of a larger growth : Our appetites are in Him we find, To our own Eternal Friend, Thitherward let us ascen Dryden. Man is but man, inconstant still, and various! There's no to-morrow in him like to-day ! Perhaps... | |
 | John Dryden - 1878 - 368 pages
...belong, But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.' To another play, ' All for Love,' we owe— ' Men are but children of a larger growth: Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.' It is Almanzor in the First Part of 'The Conquest of Granada' who exclaims, addressing the King BoabdaUin—... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...love, now with'ring in the grave. DRYDEN. Men are but children of a larger growth : Our appetites are apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. DRYDEN. Mankind one day serene and free appear ; The next, they're cloudy, sullen, and severe; New... | |
 | Joseph Samuel Exell - 1879 - 632 pages
...and ridiculed or struck the bystanders. "Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites are apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul shut up in her dark room. Viewing so clear abroad, at homeseesnothing; But like... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...SIMILE. TILL, like a clock worn out with beating time, The weary wheels of life at last stood still. MEN. MEN are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But like... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 pages
...diamonds in their infant dew ! Conquest of Granada, Part IT, Mankind. y Men i are but children of a Jarger growth ; / Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul suut up iu her dark room, . Viewing so clear abroad, at, home sees nothing; But,... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...must dive below. All for Lore, Prologue. Men are but children of a larger growth. Our appetites are apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too and full as vain . . . !' '-.I., act iv. K. I, Yoor ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me. Tlie Maiden Queen,... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1882 - 136 pages
...upon the stage, And then is heard no more ; it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, 25. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But, like... | |
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