Twilight Hours: A Legacy of VerseStrahan, 1868 - 300 pagina's |
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Pagina xv
... softly , let their cares lie light , And if they feel me watching through their sleep , Let them not see mine eyes as those that weep ; Let me not bring to them one thought of pain , But calmly pass , like some far distant strain Of ...
... softly , let their cares lie light , And if they feel me watching through their sleep , Let them not see mine eyes as those that weep ; Let me not bring to them one thought of pain , But calmly pass , like some far distant strain Of ...
Pagina 16
... Or the light up - creeping ? Swift light , strong light , O'er the zenith sweeping ; Now the sun awakes to reign , Sweetness overcometh pain , Joy from sorrow reaping . UNDER THE MULBERRY TREE . 17 III . Softly the 16 PASTORALS .
... Or the light up - creeping ? Swift light , strong light , O'er the zenith sweeping ; Now the sun awakes to reign , Sweetness overcometh pain , Joy from sorrow reaping . UNDER THE MULBERRY TREE . 17 III . Softly the 16 PASTORALS .
Pagina 17
A Legacy of Verse Sarah Williams. UNDER THE MULBERRY TREE . 17 III . Softly the twilight is falling , is falling , Over the mountain and over the lea ; Softly the cuckoo is calling , is calling , " Oh my love , Oh my love , over the sea ...
A Legacy of Verse Sarah Williams. UNDER THE MULBERRY TREE . 17 III . Softly the twilight is falling , is falling , Over the mountain and over the lea ; Softly the cuckoo is calling , is calling , " Oh my love , Oh my love , over the sea ...
Pagina 50
... softly sang an ancient British hymn : — " Holy Father , God most tender , We , Thy children , cry to Thee ; Let Thy light shine through our darkness , Till our earth - blind eyes shall see ; See the thread that guides our wanderings ...
... softly sang an ancient British hymn : — " Holy Father , God most tender , We , Thy children , cry to Thee ; Let Thy light shine through our darkness , Till our earth - blind eyes shall see ; See the thread that guides our wanderings ...
Pagina 67
... softly . And Susie sighed " So far away ! " -- ' Tis nearer , Will , now to us all . It is strange how that fellow sleeps ! stranger still that his sleep should haunt me ; If I could but command his face , to make sure of the lesser ill ...
... softly . And Susie sighed " So far away ! " -- ' Tis nearer , Will , now to us all . It is strange how that fellow sleeps ! stranger still that his sleep should haunt me ; If I could but command his face , to make sure of the lesser ill ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Agnes Agnus Dei Andromache angel Baal birds blessing blind breeze bright brother brow burning lake calm cheek child Christ in heaven coast-guard Cophetua crimson Crown 8vo darkness darling Dean of Canterbury dear dearest death deep despair dream dumb dying evermore evil eyes fair fairy faith Father fear feet flowers foolish song forward cast Gloriana Good-bye Gregory hand hath heart HENRY ALFORD Holy king kiss knew light lips live look Lord hear thee love doth love is dead Margaret moan mother mountain MOUNTAIN PASSES never night o'er once pain pray PRYNNES queen rain repent RITORNELLO shadow shining sing sleep smile softly song sorrow and sighing soul sound of sunshine strange sweet tears tell tender thine things thou hast thought twas VESUVIUS wait wandering weary weeping wind Wisdom King word
Populaire passages
Pagina 124 - That the strongest wander farthest and most hopelessly are lost? That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain ? "I have many things to tell you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Pagina 288 - Not so, not so, no load of woe Need bring despairing frown : For while we bear it, we can bear, Past that, we lay it down.
Pagina 78 - The land is ours, the foe is ours, now rest, my men," he said. But while he spoke there came a band of foot-sore, panting men: " The latest prisoner, my lord, we took him in the glen, And left behind dead hostages that we would come again." The victor spoke : " Thou, Persian dog ! hast cost more lives than thine. That was thy will, and thou shouldst die full thrice, if I had mine. Dost know thy fate, thy just reward ? " The Persian bent his head, " I know both sides of victory, and only grieve,"...
Pagina 150 - I knew not when my life was good, And when there was a light upon my path, But turned my soul perversely to the dark — O Lord, I do repent.
Pagina 151 - Because Thou hast borne with me all this while, Hast smitten me with love until I weep, Hast called me as a mother calls her child — O Lord...
Pagina 79 - and while I live, I fight; So, see you to your victory, for 'tis undone this night ; Omar, the worthy, battle fair is but thy god-like right.
Pagina 67 - Heaven," your mother said softly. And Susie sighed "So far away!" — Tis nearer, Will, now to us all. It is strange how that fellow sleeps ! stranger still that his sleep should haunt me; If I could but command his face, to make sure of the lesser ill : I will crawl to his side and see, for what should there be to daunt me ? What there ? what there...