The difference of time perceived by these two
persons is immense: one hardly will believe that half an hour has
elapsed, the other could credit that centuries had flown during his
agony.
persons is immense: one hardly will believe that half an hour has
elapsed, the other could credit that centuries had flown during his
agony.
Byron
" His "spirit
beats its mortal bars," not, like Galahad, to be possessed by, but to
possess the Heavenly Vision. ]
[123] {255}[Compare--
"What though the field be lost,
All is not lost; th' unconquerable will
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield. "
_Paradise Lost_, i. 105-108. ]
[124] {257}[An obsolete form of _carnation_, the colour of "flesh. "]
[125] [Compare--
"Her dewy eyes are closed,
And on their lids, whose texture fine
Scarce hides the dark-blue orbs beneath,
The baby Sleep is pillowed. "
Shelley's _Queen Mab_, i. , _ibid. _, p. 104. ]
[126] {258}["Time is our consciousness of the succession of ideas in our
mind. . . . One man is stretched on the rack during twelve hours, another
sleeps soundly in his bed.
The difference of time perceived by these two
persons is immense: one hardly will believe that half an hour has
elapsed, the other could credit that centuries had flown during his
agony. "--Shelley's note to the lines--
" . . . the thoughts that rise
In time-destroying infiniteness. "
_Queen Mab_, viii. , _ibid. _, p. 136. ]
[127] {259}[_Vide ante_, p. 208. ]
[128] {260}[It is Adah, Cain's wife, who suggests the disastrous
compromise, not a "burnt-offering," but the "fruits of the earth," which
would cost the giver little or nothing--an instance in point of
Lucifer's cynical reminder (_vide ante_, act ii. sc. 2, line 210, p.
247) "that there are some things still which woman may tempt man to. "]
[129] {262}["From the beginning" the woman is ineligible for the
priesthood--"He for God only, she for God in him" (_Paradise Lost_, iv.
beats its mortal bars," not, like Galahad, to be possessed by, but to
possess the Heavenly Vision. ]
[123] {255}[Compare--
"What though the field be lost,
All is not lost; th' unconquerable will
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield. "
_Paradise Lost_, i. 105-108. ]
[124] {257}[An obsolete form of _carnation_, the colour of "flesh. "]
[125] [Compare--
"Her dewy eyes are closed,
And on their lids, whose texture fine
Scarce hides the dark-blue orbs beneath,
The baby Sleep is pillowed. "
Shelley's _Queen Mab_, i. , _ibid. _, p. 104. ]
[126] {258}["Time is our consciousness of the succession of ideas in our
mind. . . . One man is stretched on the rack during twelve hours, another
sleeps soundly in his bed.
The difference of time perceived by these two
persons is immense: one hardly will believe that half an hour has
elapsed, the other could credit that centuries had flown during his
agony. "--Shelley's note to the lines--
" . . . the thoughts that rise
In time-destroying infiniteness. "
_Queen Mab_, viii. , _ibid. _, p. 136. ]
[127] {259}[_Vide ante_, p. 208. ]
[128] {260}[It is Adah, Cain's wife, who suggests the disastrous
compromise, not a "burnt-offering," but the "fruits of the earth," which
would cost the giver little or nothing--an instance in point of
Lucifer's cynical reminder (_vide ante_, act ii. sc. 2, line 210, p.
247) "that there are some things still which woman may tempt man to. "]
[129] {262}["From the beginning" the woman is ineligible for the
priesthood--"He for God only, she for God in him" (_Paradise Lost_, iv.
