 The torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp— and what is writ, is writ; Would it were worthier; but I am not now That which I have been — and my visions flit Less palpably before me — and the glow Which in my spirit dwelt is...  The Heiress: A Novel - Page 2by Ellen Pickering - 1834Full view - About this book
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...the rest, did feelingly aver. And now for awhile — " Our task is done : our song hath ceased ; our theme Has died into an echo. It is fit The spell should break of this protracted dream. And what is writ is writ ; would it were worthier !" And BO, wishing you, kind reader, and the gallant... | |
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...of thee, And trusted, to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. My task is done — my song hath' ceased — my theme:...dream. The torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ, is writ,— Would it were worthier ! but I am not now That which... | |
 | England - 1818 - 762 pages
...thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — aa I do here. 185. My task is done — my song hath ceased— my theme Has died into nn echo ; it is fit The spell should break of this protracted dream. The torch shall be extinguish... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 648 pages
...of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. ' My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme...dream. The torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ, is writ, — Would it were worthier ! but I am not now That... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here. 185. My task is done— my song hath ceased— my theme...break of this protracted dream. The torch shall be extinguish 'd which hath lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ, i< writ, — Would it were worthier... | |
 | 1818 - 354 pages
...Harold , I remember one stanza, it is deeply imprinted on my memory — hearken to it Monkbarns : — My task is done — my song hath ceased — my theme...break of this protracted dream. The torch shall be extinguished, which huth lit My midnight lamp ; and what U writ, is writ, — Would it were worthier... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - Derbyshire (England) - 1899 - 318 pages
...pains and pleasures that have attended it are at an end. " My task is done ; my song hath ceas'd ; my theme Has died into an echo ; — it is fit The spell should break of this protracted drearn : The torch shall he extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ is writ... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...And trusted to thy billo ws far and near , And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here., CLXXXV. My task is done — My song hath ceased — my theme...protracted dream. The torch shall be extinguish'd which I at (, lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ , is writ , — Would it Were Wortheir ! but I am... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here. CLXXXV. My taskis done— my song hath ceased— my theme Has died into...The spell should break of this protracted dream. The lurch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp — and what is writ, is writ, — "Wpuld... | |
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