 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
 | John Dennis - Pastoral poetry, English - 1865 - 340 pages
...tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and down : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through...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." But this exquisite... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was iftard In ancient days by emperor and clown; Perhaps the...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. VIII. Forlorn!... | |
 | Moxon Edward and co - 200 pages
...cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ectasy ! 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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, In such an ecstasy ! Thou 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... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves. * * * » Thou wert not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Oharm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : r Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Oharm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn! the... | |
 | Robert Williams Buchanan - Poetics - 1868 - 340 pages
...— where the thought and the emotion die away into a murmur like the wash of a summer sea ? — Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears among the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 436 pages
...rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath ; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease u,H>n the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1869 - 254 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 oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
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