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" Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth... "
Spring-time with the poets, poetry selected and arranged by F. Martin - Page 183
by Frances Martin - 1866
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review by Francis Jeffrey, Volume 2

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...and spectre- thiu, and dies ! Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs. The voice I hear, this passing night, was heard In...amid the alien corn ! The same that oft-times hath Charm 'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn." — p. 108...
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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayley

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1846 - 332 pages
...wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I heard this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor...amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...pale, and spectre-thin, and dies! Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs. The voice I hear, this passing night was heard In...that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home. She stood in tears amid the alien corn 1 The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 pages
...pale, and spectre-thin, and dies ! Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leadenneyed despairs. The voice I hear, this passing night, was heard In...that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for hontr ! She atond in tears amid the alien corn ! The same that oft-times hath Charm 'd magic...
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The Poetical Works of John Keats

John Keats - 1847 - 280 pages
...ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. 7Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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Thoughts on the conduct of the understanding

Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...infinite variety of form and colour with which this part of creation is adorned." THE NIGHTINGALE. " The voice I hear this passing night, was heard In...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn." — Keats. " See all things that live, From...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...leaves; . And mid-May's eldest child The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine. The murmurous haunt of bees on summer eves. Darkling I listen; and for many a...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home. She stood in tears amid the alien corn; Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! JVo hungry generations tread thee down : The voice I hear...amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm' d magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.™ § Forlorn...
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Hausschatz englischer Poesie: Auswahl aus den Werken der bedeutendsten ...

Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstacy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain —...stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft times hath Charm'd magic casements , opening on the foam Of perilous seas , in faery lands forlorn....
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 580 pages
...cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy 1 Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain,...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll...
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