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, when, sick... Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Page 411by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 762 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1820 - 646 pages
...the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears 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. ' p. 108-11 1. We must close our extracts with the following... | |
| Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears 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 ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back... | |
| Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears 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 very word is like a bell To toll me back from... | |
| 1838 - 1050 pages
...the self-same song that found a nath Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick from home, She stood in tears 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. " This work was followed by his last performance entitled "... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes...hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from... | |
| William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...the self-same song that found a patl] Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes...hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 552 pages
...path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, «ick fsr home, She stood in tears amid the aben com ; \f The same that oft-times hath * Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy-lands forlorn. 8. Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from... | |
| English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; [home, The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from... | |
| John Keats - English poetry - 1841 - 254 pages
...Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home, She stood in tears 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 very word is like a bell f$, To toll me back from... | |
| American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times...hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, iu fairy land forlorn. Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from thee... | |
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