She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple... The Dial - Pagina 161914Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| 1856 - 542 pagine
...beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead . Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red." W« do not remember a garden scene in poetry that surpasses this for delicacy and beauty, and for the... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pagine
...it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain lor a ceniury dead ; Woul'i start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red." The gentle maid answers to the invocation, and is followed into the garden by her brother; he insults... | |
| 1855 - 498 pagine
...beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed : My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead ; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red." The Married Life of Pachel, Lady Bussett. By M. Guizot. (London, Bosworth.) This little work is a translation... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1855 - 440 pagine
...beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead ; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. LOVE'S REVENGE. I HAVE led her home, my love, my only friend. There is none like her, none. And never... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 176 pagine
...beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead ; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. MAUD. XXII. 1. * THE fault was mine, the fault was mine ' — Why am I sitting here so stunn'd and... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 180 pagine
...beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead ; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. XXII. 1. ' THE fault was mine, the fault was mine ' — Why am I sitting here so stunn'd and still,... | |
| 1855 - 1428 pagine
...beat, \\Vre it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead ; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom In purple and red. 3faud comes forth to meet her lover : her brother and the " new made lord" surprise thetn, and the... | |
| John Sullivan Dwight - 1856 - 428 pagine
...beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. Cinderella at Niblo'e. [From the NY Tribune, August 7.) The sweetest of fairy legends is Cinderella.... | |
| 1857 - 818 pagine
...beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dost would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead ; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red." The various shades and wonderful variety of meaning which this subtle element receives in his poems,... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1858 - 426 pagine
...Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead ;. Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. Alfred Tennyson. SHE'S CONE TO DWELL IN HEAVEN. SHE'S gone to dwell in heaven, my lassie. She's gone... | |
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