 Cuckoo-bird Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter...  The Student's Treasury of English Song ... - Seite 498von William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Wordsworth - 1832 - 402 Seiten
...numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago ; Or is it some more humble lay,1 Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss,...work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened — motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1837 - 376 Seiten
...plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural...could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, O o ' And o'er the sickle bending ; — o ' I listened, motionless and still ; And, as I mounted up... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1839 - 554 Seiten
...plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, fa r-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ] Some natural...work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore Long after it was... | |
 | 1839 - 538 Seiten
...unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day 1 Some natural sorrow, loss or pain, That has been and...work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore Long after it was... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 Seiten
...battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matters of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, joy, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er...work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1839 - 540 Seiten
...plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, fa r-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural...sorrow, loss or pain, That has been and may be again ! Whate'cr the theme, the Maiden sang As if her sons; could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
 | 1840 - 368 Seiten
...plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural...singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ? I listen'd, motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 Seiten
...fulfilled the terms of his own covenant, the conditions imposed by his own theory. He had always sung, " Familiar matter of to-day, Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again," in simple and natural language, he might have been secure of imparting more than common pleasure to... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 Seiten
...fulfilled the terms of his own covenant, the conditions imposed by his own theory. He had always sung, " Familiar matter of to-day, Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again," in simple and natural language, he might have been secure of imparting more- than common pleasure to... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843 - 278 Seiten
...it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That hath been and may be again ? ;** Whate'er the theme, the...her work, And o'er the sickle bending. I listened, motionless and still ; And as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was... | |
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