| 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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