 They pa';s like spirits of the past, — they speak Like sibyls of the future ; they have power, — The tyranny of pleasure and of pain ; They make us what we were not, — what they will, And shake us with the vision that 's gone by, The dread of vanished...  Dramatic sketches, and minor poems - Página 105por M. Taylor - 1834Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1845 - 986 páginas
...misnamed Death and existence: Sleep hath its own world, And a wide dream of wild reality, And dreams — Pass like spirits of the past; they speak Like Sibyls of the future: they have power, The tyranny of pleasure and of pain, They make us what we were not, — what they... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1891 - 444 páginas
...; they become A portion of ourselves as of our time, And look like heralds of eternity ; They look like spirits of the past, — they speak Like sibyls of the future ; they have power." Lord Byron, The Dream, i. We go further. It is so common to speak, even as Faraday... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 páginas
...they become A portion of ourselves as of our time, ! And look like heralds of eternity ; They pa-b like spirits of the past, — they speak Like sibyls of the future ; they have power, — The tyranny of pleasure and of pain ; They make us what we were not, — what... | |
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