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 of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be... Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Página 222de John Wilson - 1842Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 676 páginas
...old, unhappy, far-oft things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar mai ter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
| Janet Hamilton - 1880 - 540 páginas
...her simple stories of Scottish life, expressing, like the songs of Wordsworth's "Highland Reaper," '' Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again." In all these departments Janet is more or less mistress, and that not so much from originality or splendour... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1889 - 308 páginas
...numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more bumble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
| Anna Callender Brackett - 1881 - 348 páginas
...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 sorrow, loss or pain That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
| Peter J. Manning - 1990 - 338 páginas
...numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again! (17-24) The misery the Wordsworths saw on their journey is elided into "faroff things," and specific... | |
| Lynn A. Higgins, Brenda R. Silver - 1991 - 352 páginas
...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 sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending: I saw her singing at her work,... | |
| Don H. Bialostosky - 1992 - 336 páginas
...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 sorrow, loss, or pain. That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work.... | |
| H. G. Widdowson - 1992 - 248 páginas
...numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, 20 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? 25 Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her... | |
| 1993 - 412 páginas
...嶼組成。 For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 páginas
...numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, 20 And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work,... | |
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