 Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height ; To hear each other's whisper'd speech ; Eating the Lotos day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender curving lines of creamy spray ; To lend our hearts and spirits wholly To the...  Translations - Page 22by George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton, William Ewart Gladstone - 1863 - 205 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1859 - 802 pages
...lines: or, ' They sat them down upon the yellow sand, Betieeen the sun ami moon upon the shore;' ' To dream and dream like yonder amber light. Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height!' Besides the mere charms of verge, there is throughout the poem a fine spirit of human reflection. The... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 376 pages
...grave In silence; ripen, fall and cease : Give us Ion" rest or death, dark death or dreamful ease T 5. How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With...the myrrh-bush on the height ; To hear each other's whispered speech ; Eating the Lotos, day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender-curving... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 366 pages
...grave In silence; ripen, fall and cease : Give us long rest or death, dark death or dreamful ease ! 5. How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With...the myrrh-bush on the height ; To hear each other's whispered speech ; Eating the Lotos, day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, To lend... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...grave In silence; ripen, fall and cease : Give us long rest or death, dark death or dreamful ease ! 5. How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With...the myrrh-bush on the height ; To hear each other's whispered speech ; Eating the Lotos, day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, A.nd tender-curving... | |
 | SMITH - 1862 - 924 pages
...music that gentlier on the lies than tired eyelids upon tired eyes." And ah ! — " How sweet it is, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes, ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ; To lend our hearts and spirits wholly To the influence of mild-minded melancholy." *****... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 516 pages
...grave, In silence ripen, fall and cease : Give us long rest or death, dark death or dreamful ease ! How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With...the myrrh-bush on the height ; To hear each other's whispered speech ; Eating the Lotos, day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender... | |
 | 1863 - 478 pages
...grave ; And deep-asleep he seemed, yet all awake, And music in his ears his beating heart did make. " How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With...eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half-dream ! To hear each other's whispered speech ; Eating the Lotos, day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on... | |
 | 1863 - 568 pages
...lines in which the Lotus Eaters describe their feelings in the lovely evening land of oblivion : " How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream With half-shut eyes, ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ! To.dream and dream, like yonder amber light, That will not leave the myrrh-buah on the... | |
 | 1863 - 744 pages
...lines in which the Lotus Eaters describe their feelings in the lovely evening land of oblivion : — " How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream With half-shut eyes, ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ! To dream and dream, lite yonder amber light, That will not leave the myrrh-bush on the... | |
 | 1863 - 326 pages
...of Scio's rocky isle. BTBON. * The poet speaks of the prime minister William Pitt. THE LOTUS EATERS. How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh bush on the... | |
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