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 ... - Pagina 498door William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1859 - 584 pagina’s
...poet of the highest rank; and his strength lies in the melodious and graceful expression of some " Familiar matter of to-day, Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again." We cannot take leave of Mr. Longfellow without saying what it is not exactly in our province as critics... | |
| Henry Reed - 1860 - 336 pagina’s
...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...her 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 it was... | |
| Virginia De Forrest - 1860 - 368 pagina’s
...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 again ! 232 CABINET OF GEMS. AVhate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I... | |
| Allen Hayden Weld - 1860 - 136 pagina’s
...unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: 20 Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter 1 of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, 2 the maiden sang 25 As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pagina’s
...plaintive 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...singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; I listen'd till I had my fill ; And as I mounted up the hill The music in my heart I bore Long after... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 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,...the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listen'd, motionless and still ;... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pagina’s
...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 again ! I saw her tinging at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened till I had my fill :... | |
| Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 pagina’s
...natural sorrow, loss, or pain, What has been, and may be again P Whate'er the theme, the maiden snng As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; I listen'd till I had my fill And as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore Long after it... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 pagina’s
...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 till I had my fill; And as I mounted up the hill The music in my heart I bore, Long after... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pagina’s
...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 again I 4. Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at... | |
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