 Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings?— Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,...  The New-York Review - Page 591839Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some mow orter & Coates when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore. Long after it was heard no more. was wild,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 750 pages
...unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ! Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been,...bending; — I listened — motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. VIII. ADDRESS... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...far-off things, And battles long ago, — Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been,...bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more. WOBDSWOBTH.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy,...the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; 1 Raw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending; — I listened — motionless and still;... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has \>fen, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden...bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. THE ADOPTED... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 pages
...things, And battles long ago ; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some niitural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again...the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; I listened — motionless and still,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...far-off things, And battles long ago, — Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has been,...- — I listened, — - motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. THE ADOPTED... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...far-off things, And battles long ago, — Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has been,...bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, . The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. THE ADOPTED... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 478 pages
...unhappy, far-off things. And battles long ago ; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been,...the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; I listened — motionless and still,... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 pages
...unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago ; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been,...Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song couH have no ending ; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; I listened — motionless... | |
| |
