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He could not sing for them a sweet song, or create a "thing of beauty" which should be "a joy for ever," or touch their hearts, or fire their spirits, or deepen their reverence or their fervour. He was not a Poet, a Priest, or a Prophet, but only a cold, clear, Intelligence, raying down pure white light, which brightened everything on which it fell, but warmed nothing—a Star of at least the second, if not of the first magnitude, in the Intellectual Firmament.
henry cavendish— George Wilson, The Life of the Honble Henry Cavendish (1851) p.186
I strove with none, for none was worth my strife;Nature I loved; and next to Nature, Art.I warmed both hands before the fire of life;It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
walter savage landor— I Strove with None (1853). The work is identified in Bartlett's Quotations, 10th edition (1919) as Dying Speech of an old Philosopher.
— Quoted in W. Somerset Maugham: The Razor's Edge, The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, 1944, p. 161.
Although only one man may be receiving the favors of a woman, all men in her presence are warmed. That's the great Generosity of women and the great generosity of of the Creator who worked it out is that there are no unilateral agreements on sexuality .
leonard cohen— Spoken in "Ladies and Gentlemen, Leonard Cohen" (1965)
Wake in our breast the living fires, The holy faith that warmed our sires; Thy hand hath made our nation free; To die for her is serving Thee.
— Army Hymn; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees.
john keats— Stanza 26. (The Eve of St. Agnes)
Tired, Mr. Thatch? Well that's a darn shame, 'cause I'm just getting warmed up!
— Who: Lyle Tiberius Rourke
— Source: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
— Note: Character, facing Milo Thatch aboard a hot-air balloon, is about to strike but is cut by a shard of glass from Kida's container, crystalizing his body. He is still alive after the crystallization, however, but is killed soon after when his body is chopped up by the balloon's propeller.
I strove with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and after Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
— Walter Savage Landor, Epitaph on Himself; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 232.
Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart, filled it, too, with melody that would last forever.
— Bess Streeter Aldrich in "Song of Years".
But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent language, Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise of his rival, Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes over-running with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow— Pt. III, The Lover's Errand
