"Uncontainable" Quotes from Famous Books
... in the lap of Nature, this nest in the grass, we rise easily to every height. Gladness becomes uncontainable, a pain of fulness, for which, after all effort, there is no complete relief; for language breaks under it in delivery, and Art falls to the ground. The psalm of David, the statue of Angelo, the chorus of Handel, are inarticulate ... — The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864 • Various |