 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1874 - 454 pages
...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be ngnin. Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending : 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending; I listened till I had my till ; And as... | |
 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 pages
...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss or pain, That has been, and may be again? 4. Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song...And o'er the sickle bending; I listened till I had rny fill, And as I mounted up the hill The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song...her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; 25 theme, subject of her song I listen'd till I had my fill ; And as I mounted up the hill The music... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again. • Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; I listened till I had my fill ; And... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1878 - 262 pages
...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song...work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - English poetry - 1878 - 376 pages
...lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song...work, And o'er the sickle bending; — I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song...sickle bending ; — I listened till I had my fill, And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. AT THE GRAVE... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 pages
...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song...sickle bending ; — I listened till I had my fill, And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. AT THE GRAVE... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? TO A LADY, WITH A GUITAR. 221 Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song...work, And o'er the sickle bending; — I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was... | |
 | New national reading books - 1880 - 296 pages
...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! 4. Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song...work, And o'er the sickle bending : — I listened — motionless and still ; And as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it... | |
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Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and... 
