 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1863 - 564 pages
...midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an eestasy ! Still wonld'st thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high...by emperor and clown ; Perhaps the self-same song hath found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien... | |
 | John Dennis - Pastoral poetry, English - 1865 - 344 pages
...contains one stanza of pre-eminent beauty : — " Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! Ho hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Chann'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn." But this exquisite... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 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...Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Hutu, when sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was iftard In ancient days by emperor and clown; Perhaps the...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. VIII. Forlorn!... | |
 | Moxon Edward and co - 200 pages
...cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ectasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain —...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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, In such an ecstasy ! Thou 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... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves. * * * » Thou wert not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Oharm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
 | Robert Williams Buchanan - Poetics - 1868 - 340 pages
...— where the thought and the emotion die away into a murmur like the wash of a summer sea ? — Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears among the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. 60 Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path 65 Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1868 - 340 pages
...thee for her mate, And still protect the song she loves so well. CHARLOTTE SMITH. Thou wast not horn for death, immortal bird, — No hungry generations...Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Rnth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn — The same that ofttimes... | |
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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... 
