 | 1847 - 526 pagina’s
...heaven Shall shut its gates on me ! MRS. LH SIOOURNEY. DISPOSITION. — (See CHARACTER.) DISSENSION. 1. Alas ! how light a cause may move Dissension, between hearts that love ! MOORE. 2. A something light as air — a look — A word unkind, or wrongly taken — Oh ! love,... | |
 | 1847 - 876 pagina’s
...amiable frame of mind, he became provoked ; high words ensued, and the two friends parted in anger. " Alas ! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love." Auburn now took refuge in his studio, vainly striving to forget his chagrin in his late all-engrossing... | |
 | Frances Sargent Osgood - 1848 - 308 pagina’s
...not think it necessary to add a single word of explanation, as they felt sure of being understood. Alas! how light a cause may move Dissension between...fall off Like ships, that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity! A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken —... | |
 | Bridal gift - 1848 - 244 pagina’s
...how slight a cause may move Dissension betwixt hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain hath tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm when winds were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea When Heaven was... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pagina’s
...how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood...fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity ! A something, light as air, — a look, A word unkind, or wrongly taken... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 pagina’s
...logician, [although unacquainted with the rules of art, [as exhibited in books and systems. *Alux! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts, [that the world in vain had tried, FAnd sorrow but more closely tied ; TThat stood the storm, [when waves were rough, |Tet... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pagina’s
...penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense FROM THE LIGHT OP THE IIXRAM. Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1850 - 322 pagina’s
...mirth brings out the young and fair, Does she, the fairest, hide her brow, In melancholy stillness now? Alas ! — how light a cause may move ' Dissension between hearts that love ! * In the Malay language the same word signifies women and flow• . \ t The capital of Shadukiam.... | |
 | 1851 - 496 pagina’s
...Cheering within, when all grows dark, And comfortless, and stormy round ! INSTABILITY OF AFFECTION. ALAS ! — -how light a cause may move Dissension...hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain, had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a... | |
 | 1851 - 566 pagina’s
...seem, as it were, to offer a palliation for the excesses which he should and must condemn. CHAPTER II. Alas! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love I Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied; That stood the storm,... | |
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Alas! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone... 
