Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown ; Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when,... Red-letter Poems by English Men and Women - Seite 4751885 - 648 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 Seiten
...pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vainTo thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born...amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
| Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 Seiten
...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain, To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 826 Seiten
...Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, Still would'st tliou sing, and I have ears ia vair. — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born...The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the fo:im Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. This is the nightingale's crown of song... | |
| England - 1860 - 532 Seiten
...Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become« sod. vn. Thou was not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations...The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. vm. Forlorn ! the very word is like a... | |
| William Allingham - 1860 - 316 Seiten
...1 Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. VII. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. vm. Forlorn !... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 Seiten
...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! Still woulrlst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 Seiten
...! Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice 1 hear this passing night was heard In ancient days...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn! the... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 Seiten
...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still would'st thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou...by emperor and clown ; Perhaps the self-same song hath found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 578 Seiten
...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still would'st thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou...by emperor and clown ; Perhaps the self-same song hath found a path Through the sad heart of lluth, when, sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien... | |
| 1863 - 982 Seiten
...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
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