 | Archaeology - 1880 - 324 pages
...and were stretching themselves forth for life and nourishment among the dust of death. " Old Thorn, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying...fibres net the dreamless head ; Thy roots are wrapt abont the bones." IK MEMORIAM, n. The covering stones were now replaced, and nothing more was done... | |
 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1894 - 478 pages
...grim old evergreen, that does not recall the apostrophe in " In Memoriam ?" Old jew which grnspest at the stones That name the under-lying dead. Thy...dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. And now the daring, yet reverent musings of his great poem enfold a deepened significance. The dread... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1911 - 588 pages
...upon the dead bodies lying beneath its sombre shade, is describee by Tennyson in ' In Memoriam ' : — Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. In the ' Herbal ' of 1578 Lyte tells us that the yew is altogether venomous, anc iigairist man's nature.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...long result of love, and boast : ' Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn.' OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...dreamless head ; Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock ; And in the dusk of thee,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Grief - 1850 - 228 pages
...long result of love, and boast : ' Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn. ' u OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...dreamless head ; Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock ; And in the dusk of thee,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...result of love, and boast : " Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn." II. OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...Thy fibres net the dreamless head ; Thy roots are wrapped about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock ;... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1851 - 234 pages
...victor Hours should scorn The long result of love, and boast: ' Behold the man that loved and lost, n. OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...dreamless head ; Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock ; And in the dusk of thee,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 1851 - 422 pages
...result of love, and boast : ' Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn.' [I. OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...dreamless head ; Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock ; And in the dusk of thee,... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...passage full of that simplicity which is a ruling characteristic with this author: — " Old yew, wbich graspest at the stones That name the under-lying dead,...Thy fibres net the dreamless head ; Thy roots are wrapped about the bones. " The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 724 pages
...simplicity which is a ruling characteristic with this author : — " Old yew, which graspcst at the stories That name the underlying dead, Thy fibres net the dreamless head ; Thy root* are wrapped about the bones. " The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to... | |
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OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the underlying dead, Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock; And in the dusk of thee, the clock Beats... 
