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 of to-day?... Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth - Pagina 250geredigeerd door - 1902 - 687 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pagina’s
...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,...work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened till I had my fill : And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pagina’s
...unhappy, far-off things, And battles loug ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been,...work, And o'er the sickle bending ;— I listened till I had my fill: And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 pagina’s
...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, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart J bore, Long after it was heard no more. XXIII. WRITTEN IN MARCH, While resting on the Bridge at the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 482 pagina’s
...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,...; — I listened — motionless and still ; . And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. VIII. ADDRESS... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pagina’s
...battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay. Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again! Whate'er...bending; — I listened — motionless and still,' And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. AUDUESS... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 pagina’s
...the maiden sunjf . As if her song could have no ending : I saw her singing at her work And o'er her sickle bending ; I listened — motionless and still...in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more. Horn 1620— Died 1678. Andrew Marvell is little known as a poet, but tli» poetry which he left, is,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1837 - 376 pagina’s
...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,...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... | |
| 1839 - 538 pagina’s
...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...my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more." It is, however, to the endowments of the heart of woman that Wordsworth's noblest tributes are paid,... | |
| Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1839 - 540 pagina’s
...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 work,...my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more." It is, however, to the endowments of the heart of woman that Wordsworth's noblest tributes are paid,... | |
| Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pagina’s
...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...bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. 78 HEDGE-ROW... | |
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