 | 1822 - 688 sider
...intractable, and desires to be left alone. Aud this in Life ! Toil ' ami wherefore should I tail ? because My father could not keep his place in Eden . What had I done 'in this ? — I was unborn, I sought not to be born ; nor love the slate To which that birth... | |
 | 1822 - 492 sider
...current of ideas, but in vain, — he is left alone, and gives utterance to his thoughts. — Cain. And this is Life ! — Toil ! and wherefore should...could not keep his place in Eden. / . • What had I done in this ? .1 was unborn — • , ' . * ******** The tree was planted, and why not for him ?... | |
 | 1822 - 880 sider
...is perverse and unnatural, without the merit of being either original or striking. Caín, (taita.) And this is Life ! Toil ! and wherefore should I toil?...father could not keep his place in Eden. What had I done in this? — I was unborn, I sought not to be born. Why did he Yield to the serpent and the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 582 sider
...Ba AREL. The peace of God Be on your spirit, brother! (Exit AREI., ZILI.AH, and ADAH.) CAIN (solui). And this is L,ife ! — Toil ! and wherefore should...father could not keep his place in Eden. What had I done in this ? — I was unborn •, I sought not to be born; nor love the state To which that birth... | |
 | 1822 - 582 sider
...likes life with its countervailing advantages, may plead with Cain, — ' I was unborn; I sought uot to be born, nor love the state To which that birth has brought me!' To cut this knot, as the ancient Stoics attempted to do, by denying the existence of evil, was a measure... | |
 | 1822 - 440 sider
...will appear from the passage. Cain. And this is lafe !— Toil! and wherefore should I toil? berauve My father could not keep his place in Eden. What had /done in tins ? — I was upborn, I sought not to be born ; nor love f he state To which that birth has brought... | |
 | 1822 - 1148 sider
...accompaniments of life more than he likes life with its countervailing advantages, may plead with Cain,— ' I was unborn-; , I sought not to be born, nor love the slate To which that birth has brought me !' To cut this knot, as the ancient Stoics attempted to do,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 110 sider
...here. ABEL. The peace of God Be on your spirit, brother! Exit ABEL, ZILLAH, and ADAH. CAIN._ (so/us.) And this is Life !—Toil! and wherefore should I...not keep his place in Eden. What had / done in this 1—I was unborn, I sought not to be born; nor love the state To which that birth has brought me. Why... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 100 sider
...Toil f and wherefore should I toil ? because My father conM not keep his place in Eden. What had J done in this ? — I was unborn, I sought not to be born ; nor love the state £ he To which that birth has brought me. Why did Yield to the serpent and the woman ? or Yielding,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 1016 sider
...The peace of God Be on yom. spirit, brother ! (Exit AREL, /III. Ml, and ADAH. CAIN (Solus.) And lhis is Life! — Toil! and wherefore should I toil? —...father could not keep his place in Eden. What had I done^n this? — I was unborn, I sought not to be born ; nor love the state To which that birth has... | |
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Yield to the serpent and the woman ? or, Yielding, why suffer ? What was there in this ? The tree was planted, and why not for him ? If not, why place him near it, where it grew, The fairest in the centre ? They have but One answer to all questions, "... 
