| Unitarianism - 1865 - 834 pages
...illumines and transforms them. With such loving insight, Vanghan sang : — " Dear, beauteous Death, thon jewel of the just ! Shining nowhere but in the dark...lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark." Will humanity ever learn to distinguish the fine, clear harmony that underflows the decay and discord... | |
| Great Britain - 1869 - 974 pages
...ihewM them me, To kindle my cold love. Dear beauteous Death ; the jewel of the ju4 ! Shining no where but in the dark ; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fiedg'd bird's nest may know At first eight if the bird be flown ; But what... | |
| 1869 - 974 pages
...them me, To kindle my cold love. Dear beauteous Death ; the jewel of the just ! Shining no where bat in the dark ; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English poetry - 1870 - 466 pages
...as the heavens above! These are your walks, and you have showed them me, I To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous Death ; the jewel of the just, Shining...lie beyond thy dust, 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... | |
| 1870 - 462 pages
...as the heavens above! These are your walks, and you have showed them me, 15 To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous Death; the jewel of the just, Shining...in the dark; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what... | |
| Eliza Woodson Farnham - 1870 - 360 pages
...them, but listen to their wondrous beauty and crystal clearness : " ' Dear, beauteous Death — thou jewel of the just, Shining nowhere but in the dark ! What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could we outlook that mark.' " How the low- spoken words thrilled me, and the spiritual glow of her dark... | |
| 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
...High as the Heavens above! These are your walks, and you have show'd them me To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous death! the jewel of the Just, Shining...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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