 Darkling I listen ; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, — Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath, — Now more than ever seems it rich to die ; To cease upon the midnight with...  Cyclopædia of English literature - Page 406by Robert Chambers - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...eves. Darkling I listen ; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such au eestasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain—- To thy high requiem become a sod.... | |
 | William Mountford - Christian life - 1858 - 536 pages
...nightingale once, and I suppose in the dark. Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half i» love with easeful Death, — Called him soft names...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy. fle died where there are more nightingales than there are here ; and we will hope he felt... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...eves. Darkling I listen ; and — for many a time I have been half in love with easeful death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain, To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 880 pages
...evt». 6. Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. r.... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...child, The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunts of flies on summer eves. vi. ' Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an cestacy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become« sod. vn.... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...summer eves. Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...time I have been half hi love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mus&d rhyme, To tnke into the air my quiet breath ; Now more than ever...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! Still woulrlst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1862 - 592 pages
...eldest child The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of bees on summer eve». Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain, — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou... | |
 | John Keats - English poetry - 1863 - 370 pages
...summer eves. Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The... | |
 | David Grant - English poetry - 1865 - 428 pages
...the boughs, White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine; Fast fading violets covered up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose,...it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, Whilst thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and... | |
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