 I sighed for thee. Thy brother Death came, and cried, Wouldst thou me? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured like a noontide bee, Shall I nestle near thy side? Wouldst thou me? — And I replied, No, not thee! Death will come when thou art dead,...  The Student's Treasury of English Song ... - Pagina 401door William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 648 pagina’s
...his rest, Lingering like an unloved guest, I sighed for thee. IV. Thy brother Death came, and tried, 'Wouldst thou me?' Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed,...Wouldst thou me?' — And I replied, ' No, not thee.' v. Death will come when thou art dead, Soon, too soon — Sleep will come when thou art fled. Of neither... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pagina’s
...heavy on flower and tree, And the wear}' Day turned to her rest, Lingering like an unloved guest, 1 sighed f@ 2 lilmy-eyed, Murmured like a noontide bee, " Shall I nestle near thy side ? Wouldst thou me ? " —... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1881 - 348 pagina’s
...lay heavy on flower and tree, And the weary Day turned to his rest Lingering like an unloved guest, I sighed for thee. Thy brother Death came, and cried...side ? Wouldst thou me ? And I replied No, not thee ! Deatli will come when thou art dead, Soon, too soon — Sleep will come when thou art fled; Of neither... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 654 pagina’s
...tree, And the weary Day turned to his rest, Lingering like an unloved guest, I sighed for thee. IV. Thy brother Death came, and cried, 'Wouldst thou me?'...Wouldst thou me ? ' — And I replied, ' No, not thee.' V. Death will come when thou art dead, Soon, too soon — Sleep will come when thou art fled. Of neither... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 770 pagina’s
...heavy on flower and tree, And the weary Day turned to his rest, Lingering like an unloved guest, — I sighed for thee. Thy brother Death came, and cried,...Murmured like a noontide bee, Shall I nestle near tliy side ? Wouldst thou me? — and I replied, No, not thee ! Death will come when thou art dead,... | |
 | Avary W. Holmes-Forbes - 1881 - 268 pagina’s
...Venice ocean's nursling, her child, and her queen ; in his " Hymn to the Spirit of Night " he says, " Thy brother Death came and cried, Would'st thou me...Sleep, the filmy-eyed, murmured like a noontide bee." Note the complex suggestion (metaphor and simile in one) in this last sentence : Sleep is a child that... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pagina’s
...on flower and tree, And the weary Day turn'd to his rest, Lingering like an unloved guest, I sigh'd ou beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns Murmur'd like a noontide bee, Shall I nestle near thy side? Death will come when thou art dead, Soon,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1882 - 362 pagina’s
...Thy brother Death came, and cried Wouldst them me ? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmur'd like a noon-tide bee Shall I nestle near thy side...Wouldst thou me ? — And I replied No, not thee ! Death wilt come when thou art dead, Soon, too soon — Sleep will come when thou art fled ; Of neither would... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pagina’s
...like an unloved guest, I sighed for thee ! Thy brother Death came, and cried, '• Wouldst thou me t " Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured like a noontide bee, " Shall I nestle near thy side t Wouldst thott mef " — And I replied, " No, not thee ! " Death will come when thou art dead. Soon,... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 pagina’s
...unloved guest, I sighed for thee I Thy brother Death came, and cried, Wouldst thou me ? Thy erweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured like a noontide...neither would I ask the boon I ask of thee, beloved Night — Swift be thine approaching flight, Come soon, soon! BURIED TO-DAY. DINAH MARIA MULOCK. URIED... | |
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