 ... the sleeve Away from the merry bands, To old men playing at cards With a twinkling of ancient hands. The bread and the wine had a doom, For these were the host of the air; He sat and played in a dream Of her long dim hair.  Life and Literature - Page 317by Lafcadio Hearn - 1917 - 393 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rhymers' Club (London, England) - English poetry - 1894 - 212 pages
...dream Of her long dim hair. He played with the merry old men, And thought not of evil chance, Until one bore Bridget his bride Away from the merry dance....gone As a cloud faded into the sky. He knew now the folk of the air, And his heart was blackened by dread, And he ran to the door of his house; Old women... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 440 pages
...dream Of her long dim hair. He played with the merry old men, And thought not of evil chance, Until one bore Bridget his bride Away from the merry dance....gone As a cloud faded into the sky. He knew now the folk of the air, And his heart was blackened by dread, And he ran to the door of his house ; Old women... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 802 pages
...dream Of her long dim hair. He played with the merry old men, And thought not of evil chance, Until one bore Bridget his bride Away from the merry dance....arms, The handsomest young man there, And his neck and bis breast and bis arms Were drowned in her long dim hair. O'Driscoll got up from the grass And scattered... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 810 pages
...chance, Until one bore Bridget his bride Away from the merry dance. And his neck and his breast and his He bore her away in his arms, The handsomest young man there, arms Were drowned in her long dim hair. O'Driscoll got up from the grass And scattered the cards with... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 1899 - 136 pages
...He sat and played in a dream He played with the merry old men And thought not of evil chance, Until one bore Bridget his bride Away from the merry dance. He bore her away in his arms, I The handsomest young man there, And his neck and his breast and his arms Were drowned in her long... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 830 pages
...dream Of her long dim hair. He played with the merry old men, And thought not of evil chance, Until one bore Bridget his bride Away from the merry dance....dancers were gone As a cloud faded into the sky. He knew not the folk of the air. And his heart was blackened by dread, And he ran to the door of his house;... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 1902 - 166 pages
...dream Of her long dim hair. He played with the merry old men And thought not of evil chance, Until one bore Bridget his bride Away from the merry dance....arms Were drowned in her long dim hair. O'Driscoll scattered the cards And out of his dream awoke: Old men and young men and young girls Were gone like... | |
 | Alfred Henry Miles - English poetry - 1906 - 738 pages
...dream Of her long dim hair. He played with the merry old men And thought not of evil chance, Until one bore Bridget his bride Away from the merry dance....arms Were drowned in her long dim hair. O'Driscoll scattered the cards And out of the dream awoke : Old men- and young men and young girls Were gone like... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - English poetry - 1906 - 366 pages
...dream Of her long dim hair. He played with the merry old men And thought not of evil chance, Until one bore Bridget his bride Away from the merry dance....arms Were drowned in her long dim hair. O'Driscoll scattered the cards And out of his dream awoke : Old men and young men and young girls Were gone like... | |
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