Darkling I listen; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath ; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While... The Book of Georgian Verse - Page 1083edited by - 1909 - 1313 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer even. Darkling I listen ; and for ninny a time 1 have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd...voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient davs by emperor and clown : Perhaps the selfsame sung that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth,... | |
| English poetry - 1869 - 444 pages
...violets cover'd up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been...ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. •v Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice... | |
| American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath ; Now, more than ever, seems it rich to die, To cease npon is hood and bells, and leaped upon a chair, The pages...their scented hair ; The falcon whistled, staghounds hunirry generations tread thee down ; TV voice I bear this passing night was heard In ancient days... | |
| John Keats - 1874 - 320 pages
...eves. vI. Darkling I listen ; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. vn. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...summer eves. Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...ears in vain, — To thy high requiem become a sod. 236 237 The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...summei Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heart! In ancient days by emperor and clown • THE NIGHTINGALE. Perhaps the self-same song that, found... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - Poetry - 1878 - 358 pages
...eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves. 6. Darkling I listen; and for many a time I have been...ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. 7Thou wast not born for death, immortal birdl No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice 1 hear... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1878 - 708 pages
...Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath ; Ncm- more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : 137 •If §§ J§ :;i found :i path fp§ ©I Ruth, when, sick for home. •iJnli llir alien i-iirn... | |
| W. and R. Chambers (ltd.) - 1878 - 174 pages
...mossy waysDarkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death ; Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem 8 become a sod ! Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down... | |
| John Wesley Hales - Authors, English - 1878 - 772 pages
...been half in love with Easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme To take into th« air my quiet breath. Now more than ever seems it rich...ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod." 27. Comp. Rom. and Jul. V. iii. 101 — 5, also Alastor, of the departed Poet: "Silence, too enamoured... | |
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