 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1872 - 596 pages
...shafts of holier fears ; And fire feeds ill on brands no breath can fan. THE VANITY OF ART AND LOVE. Now hath my life across a stormy sea, Like a frail...that wide port where all Are bidden ere the final judgment fall, Of good and evil deeds to pay the fee. Now know I well how that fond phantasy Which... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Greek poetry - 1873 - 444 pages
...long life spent in the service of the noblest art, remembering Savonarola, felt constrained to write : Now hath my life across a stormy sea, Like a frail...that wide port where all Are bidden ere the final judgment fall, Of good and evil deeds to pay the fee. Now know I well how that fond phantasy, Which... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Art, Italian - 1877 - 568 pages
...reality is God. The two first of these compositions are addressed to Giorgio Vasari.1 GIUNTO fe GlA. Now hath my life across a stormy sea Like a frail...that wide port where all Are bidden ere the final judgment fall, Of good or evil deeds to pay the fee. Now know I well how that fond phantasy Which made... | |
 | Henrietta Louisa Lear - 1881 - 104 pages
...taught to number them, do we even try to do It, after praying ? — J. RUsKIN. SONNET TO GIOEGIO VAsAEI. Now hath my life across a stormy sea. Like a frail...bark, reached that wide port where all Are bidden, ere thejinal reckoningfall Of good and evil for Eternity. Now know I well how that fond phantasy, IVhich... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Art - 1882 - 588 pages
...reality is God. The two first of these compositions are addressed to Giorgio Vasari.1 GIUNTO i GiX. Now hath my life across a stormy sea Like a frail...that wide port where all Are bidden ere the final judgment fall, Of good or evil deeds to pay the fee. Now know I well how that fond fantasy Which made... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Art, Italian - 1883 - 574 pages
...reality is God. The two first of these compositions are addressed to Giorgio Vasari. ' GIUNTO E GlX. Now hath my life across a stormy sea Like a frail...that wide port where all Are bidden ere the final judgment fall, Of good or evil deeds to pay the fee. Now know I well how that fond fantasy Which made... | |
 | Peter Taylor Forsyth - Art and religion - 1889 - 380 pages
...flower That breathes on earth the air of paradise. The following was written in prospect of death — Now hath my life across a stormy sea, Like a frail...and evil for eternity. Now know I well how that fond fantasy Which made my soul the worshipper and thrall Of earthly art, is vain ; how criminal Is that... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1898 - 1068 pages
...fece idol e monarca, Conosco or ben quant' era d' error carca. Now well I know how that fond fantasy, Which made my soul the worshipper and thrall Of earthly art, is vain.1 1 JA Sytnonds's trans. Two Painters of the Sixteenth Century. 375 Thus from the mysterious smile... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Art, Italian - 1899 - 420 pages
...that wide port where all Are bidden ere the final judgment fall, Of good or evil deeds to pay the fee. Now know I well how that fond phantasy Which made...and thrall Of earthly art, is vain ; how criminal la that which all men seek unwillingly. Those amorous thoughts which were HO lightly dressed, What... | |
 | Edmund G. Gardner - Florence (Italy) - 1900 - 474 pages
...most precious commentary upon his work : — 1 Modern Painters, ToL ii. " Of Imagination Penetrative." Now hath my life across a stormy sea, Like a frail...reckoning fall Of good and evil for eternity. Now know 1 well how that fond phantasy, Which made my soul the worshipper and thrall Of earthly art, is vain... | |
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Now know I well how that fond phantasy, Which made my soul the worshipper and thrall Of earthly art, is vain; how criminal Is that which all men seek unwillingly. Those amorous thoughts which were so lightly dressed. What are they when the double death... 
