 He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.  Hyperion: A Romance - Page 171by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 439 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Russell - 1867 - 460 pages
...Prospect," refers to the same uncertainty, in stanzas that, though somewhat quaint, are very striking " Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just, Shining...Could man outlook that mark ! " He that hath found some fledged bird's nest, may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair field or grove... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...I alone sit ling'ring here ! Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. Dear, beauteous death ; the Jewel of the Just ! Shining...do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! • It can never be matter of indifference to a thinking man, whether he is to be happy or miserable... | |
 | Anna Jane Buckland - 1868 - 256 pages
...trample on my days ; My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmerings and decays. " ' Oh, holy hope, and high humility, High as the heavens...Could man outlook that mark ! " ' He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; ' But what fair field or grove... | |
 | Arthur Middleton - Biography - 1868 - 236 pages
...Oh, holy hope, and high humility, High as the heavens above! These are your walks, and ye have show'd them me, To kindle my cold love. " Dear, beauteous...thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! " He that has found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair field... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...15 These are your walks, and you have showed them me To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous deatK ; the jewel of the just, Shining nowhere but in the dark ; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, 20 Could man outlook that mark! He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight,... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - Congregational churches - 1868 - 442 pages
...trample | on my days ; My days, which are. at best but | dull and hoary, Mere glimmerings | and decays. 3 Dear, beauteous death, the jewel | of the just, Shining...nowhere but | in the dark ; What mysteries do lie be- | yond thy dust, Could man out - | look that mark ! 4 He that hath found some fledged bird's |... | |
 | Doris Eveline Faulkner Jones - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 244 pages
...object of her selfless devotion. Hence a very special interest attaches to English elegiac poetry. "Dear beauteous Death ! the jewel of the Just, Shining nowhere but in the dark ; What mysteries do Jie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! Tennyson's "In Memoriam" is unique in elegiac literature... | |
 | Helen Gardner - Poetry - 1967 - 340 pages
...shew'd them me To kindle my cold love, Dear, beauteous death ! the Jewel of the Just, Shining no where, but in the dark ; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust; Could man oudook that mark ! He that hath found some fledg'd birds nest, may know At first sight, if the bird... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...of Light 26 They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit ling'ring here; (1. 1—2) 27 , sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou ne (1. 17—18) 28 Either disperse these mists, which blot and fill My perspective, still, as they pass:... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...holy hope, and high humility, High as the Heavens above! These are your walks, and you have show'd them me To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous death!...lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark! 20 He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest, may know At first sight, if the bird be flown; But... | |
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