When on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side. Translations - Page 202by George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton, William Ewart Gladstone - 1863 - 205 pagesFull view - About this book
| Bridal gift - 1848 - 244 pages
...dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps...beneath the lamp's pale beam, I miss thee from my side. 119 I spread my books, my pencil try, The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye,... | |
| Reginald Heber - 1849 - 332 pages
...reclm'd," In careless ease my limbs I lay, I miss thee at the dawning grey, And iioo the cooler wind. My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee when by Gunga's stream 1 miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try, The lingering noon... | |
| 1850 - 408 pages
...recreation from exhausting labor. It is the testimony of Bishop Heber, the Christian scholar and poet, " I spread my books, my pencil try, The lingering noon to cheer." It has not only whiled away many an otherwise weary hour, but it has frequently doubled or at least... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps...beam I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my peneil try, The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek attentive ear. But... | |
| George Crabbe - 1852 - 560 pages
...dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. . I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps...approving eye Thy meek attentive ear. But when of morn and eye the star Beholds me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, Then on ! Then on! where duty... | |
| Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...deck reclined ; In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga'e stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath...from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try, The ling'ring noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek attentive ear. But when of morn... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs 1 lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps...morn and eve the star Beholds me on my knee, I feel, thougli thou art distant far, Thy prayers ascend for me. Then on ! then on! where duty leads, My course... | |
| Reginald Heber - 1856 - 328 pages
...dawning grey, When, on our deck reclm'd. In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp s pale beam 1 miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try, The lingering noon to... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1858 - 426 pages
...dawning gray, When on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. 269 I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps...approving eye, Thy meek, attentive ear. But when of morn or eve the star Beholds me 011 my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, Thy prayers ascend for... | |
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