 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1878 - 708 pages
...Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath ; Ncm- more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : 137 •If §§ J§ :;i found :i path fp§ ©I Ruth, when, sick for home. •iJnli llir alien i-iirn... | |
 | W. and R. Chambers (ltd.) - 1878 - 174 pages
...abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem 8 become a sod ! Thou wast not born for death, immortal...Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth 9 when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien com ; The same that oft-times... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. VII The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient...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!... | |
 | American poetry - 1993 - 412 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...clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path 在溫罄的幽暗裏， 我只能猜想 這個峙令該把哪種芬芳 賦于這果樹， 林莽，... | |
 | F. R. Ankersmit, Jan Johann Albinn Mooij - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 234 pages
...7 of the poem, these lines to be understood as representing a portion of the Tilling' process: 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 amid the alien corn; POETRY, KNOWLEDGE, AND METAPHOR 85 If now we... | |
 | Stuart M. Sperry - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 376 pages
...realization is restrained almost voluptuously and only gradually permitted to infiltrate awareness: The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient...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. (63-70) The... | |
 | John Keats - Poetry - 1994 - 554 pages
...ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain To thy high requiem become a sod. VII Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry...Perhaps the selfsame song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth,5 when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that oft-times... | |
 | Mary Oliver - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 212 pages
...ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. VII 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... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...ecstasy! Still vvouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. VII 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. VIII Forlorn!... | |
 | David Bromwich - Literary Collections - 1999 - 484 pages
...Philomel." In Keats's mind these two passages had now joined. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Birdl No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I...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. Listening to... | |
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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... 
