 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
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...pale, and spectre-thin, and dies! Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs. The voice I hear, this passing night was heard In...that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home. She stood in tears amid the alien corn 1 The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 pages
...pale, and spectre-thin, and dies ! Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leadenneyed despairs. The voice I hear, this passing night, was heard In...that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for hontr ! She atond in tears amid the alien corn ! The same that oft-times hath Charm 'd magic... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the sclf-snme song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy land forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
 | John Keats - 1847 - 280 pages
...ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. 7Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry...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... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...infinite variety of form and colour with which this part of creation is adorned." THE NIGHTINGALE. " The voice I hear this passing night, was heard In...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn." — Keats. " See all things that live, From... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations trend thee down ; The voice I hour this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears nmid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 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; Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! JVo hungry generations tread thee down : The voice I hear...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... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 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 —...stood in tears 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.... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 580 pages
...cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy 1 Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain,...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll... | |
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