 Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when...  Chambers's Pocket Miscellany - Page 721854Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self- same song- that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for...tears amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes bath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...great forest's heart, And scare the Sylvan from voluptuous dreams. BARRY CORNWALL. ON THE NIGHTINGALE. The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn. KEATS. SATURN. Deep in the shady sadness of... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still would st thou sing, and I have ears in vain— To thy high...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; [home, The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and 1 have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; [home, The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 554 pages
...down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perbaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien com ; The same that oft-times hath Charm 'd magic... | |
 | John Keats - English poetry - 1841 - 254 pages
...more than ever seems it rich to die, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstacy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain —...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...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 thou art pouring...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; rlom ! the very word is like a bell To toll... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstacy! Still would'st thou sing, and I have ears in vain...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, iu fairy land forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
 | English poetry - 1843 - 368 pages
...wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not bom for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; [home, The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 372 pages
...cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstacy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain —...amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn." Forlorn ! the... | |
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