"nessun maggior dolore,
Che ricordarsi del tempo felice
Nella miseria."
which is imitated by other writers, quoted by Mr. Cary. (Chaucer, Troilus and Creseide, iii. 1626. Marino, Adone, c. xiv., st. 100. Fortinguerra, Riciardetto, c. xi. st. 83.)
In Coleridge's second Lay Sermon (ed. 1839, p. 365.) the passage—
"What are you," (a philosopher was once asked), "in consequence of your admiration of these abstruse speculations?" He answered; "What I am, it does not become me to say; but what thousands are, who despise them, and even pride themselves on their ignorance, I see, and tremble."
is a quotation from Schiller (Werke, vol. i., p. 414. 1838)
"AN DIE MUSE.
"Was ich ohne dich wäre, ich weiss es nicht; aber mir