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" Prometheus is scurrilously fluent. Shelley never makes his Titan flinch. He stands there as the sublime of endurance : " To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night ; To defy power which seems omnipotent ; To... "
The Life and Works of Goethe: with Sketches of His Age and Contemporaries - Page 299
by George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 593 pages
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The Life and Works of Goethe: with Sketches of His Age and ..., Volume 1

George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 482 pages
...meant as an indication of his self-reliance ; the further proof of which is to be seen in his waitings and writhings throughout the play — notably in the...trouble or destroy his heritage of life and activity : Das was ieh habe konnen ale nicht rauben, Und was sie habcn mogen sie beschützen ; Hier Mein und...
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The Life and Works of Goethe: with Sketches of His Age and ..., Volume 1

George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 456 pages
...forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy power which seems omnipotent j To love and bearj to hope till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing...trouble or destroy his heritage of life and activity : Das was ich habe konnen sie niclit rauben, Und was sie haben mogen sie beschiitzen j Hier Mein und...
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The Life of Goethe, Volume 1

George Henry Lewes - 1864 - 620 pages
...scurrilously fluent. Shelley never makes his Titan flinch. He stands there as the sublime of endwaiice : " To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite ; To forgive...trouble or destroy his heritage of life and activity : Das was ich habe ki'mnen sie nicht rauben, Und was sie haben nibgen sie beschiitzen ; Hier Hem und...
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The Life of Goethe, Volume 2

George Henry Lewes - 1864 - 616 pages
...night ; To defy power which seems omnipotent; To love and bear; to hope till Hope creates From ita own wreck the thing it contemplates ; Neither to change,...trouble or destroy his heritage of life and activity : Das was ich habe konnen sie nicht rauben, Und was sie haben mBgen sie beschutzen ; Hier Mein und...
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The Life of Goethe, Volumes 1-2

George Henry Lewes - 1864 - 678 pages
...Altgriechische Riihne, p. 58. 4 Qpnsc. H, p. 146. 5 Trilujie, p. 3D. p Prometheus, p. 85, -.hen, p. 143. This is grand; but grander far the conception of Goethe...be true to himself no power can trouble or destroy hie heritage of life and activity: Das, was ich habe, konneii sie nicht rauben, Und was sie haben,...
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The works of J.W. von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1902 - 848 pages
...endurance : " To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite ; To forgive wrongs darker than death or iiight ; To defy power which seems omnipotent ; To love and...trouble or destroy his heritage of life and activity : «' Das was ich habe kStmen sie nicht rauben, I' ml was ,.•/'• haben mo'gen sie beschutzen ;...
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J.W. Von Goethe's Works ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1903 - 448 pages
...night ; To defy power which seems omnipotent ; To love and bear ; to hope till Hope creates From 1ts own wreck the thing it contemplates ; Neither to change,...trouble or destroy his heritage of life and activity : "Das was ich habe konnen sie nicht rauben, Und was sie haben mogen sie beschutzen ; Hier Mein und...
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Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion

George Santayana - Modernism (Christian theology) - 1913 - 234 pages
...might spring, and however fate might oppose it. " To suffer . . . To forgive . . . To defy Power . . . To love and bear; to hope, till hope creates From...Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This ... is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free." Shelley was also removed from any ordinary atheism...
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Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion

George Santayana - Philosophy, Modern - 1913 - 236 pages
...might spring, and however fate might oppose it. " To suffer . . . To forgive . . . To defy Power . . . To love and bear; to hope, till hope creates From...Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This ... is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free." Shelley was also removed from any ordinary atheism...
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Shelley in Germany

Solomon Liptzin - Comparative literature - 1924 - 120 pages
...Yet this is the time of all times in which the Shelleyan message ought to be brought home to all men: "To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite; To forgive...Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent ; This is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory." BIBLIOGRAPHY...
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