 I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world no doubt. Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast A moulted feather, an eagle-feather!...  The Living Age - Page 6621909Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 872 pages
...And did he stop and speak to you ? And did yon speak to him again ? How strange it seems, and new 1 But you were living before that, And you are living...following letter speaks of it : 19 Warwick Crescent, W. Apr. 31, '81. My dear Professor, — The last proof of your goodness to me, in the shape of a restitution... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1874 - 372 pages
...at — My starting moves your laughter ! in. I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world, no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : IV. For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1879 - 324 pages
...at — My starting moves your laughter ! m. I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1884 - 308 pages
...at — My starting moves your laughter ! Ill I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world, no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : IV For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1884 - 308 pages
...at — My starting moves your laughter ! ill I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world, no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : IV For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1887 - 202 pages
...started at — My starting moves your laughter ! I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : For there I picked up on the heather, And there I put inside my... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1887 - 730 pages
...LIVING AFTER; MY STARTING MOVES YOUR LAUGHTER! I CROSSED A MOOR, WITH A NAME OF ITS OWN, AND A CERTAIN USE IN THE WORLD, NO DOUBT, YET A HAND'S-BREADTH OF IT SHINES ALONE 'MlD THE 13LANK MILES ROUND ABOUT : FOR THERE I PICKED UP ON THE HEATHER, AND THERE I PUT INSIDE MY... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1887 - 428 pages
...after ; And the memory I started at — ill. I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : Iv. For there I picked up on the heather, And there I put inside... | |
 | Henry S. Salt - 1889 - 36 pages
...to quote Mr. Browning's often-quoted stanza — was " A moor, with a name of its own, And a certain use in the world no doubt ; Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone, 'Mid the blank miles round about." Hogg, like Boswell, was gifted by fortune with one memorable thing... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1889 - 320 pages
...started at — My starting moves your laughter. In. I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a cehain use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : IV. For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside... | |
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