| 1875 - 1008 pagine
...Bristol, for the purpose of calling attention to the echo of the one in the other : — The voice I heard this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor...that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth when sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien corn. Everywhere about us are they glowing, Some, like... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pagine
...sky. MRS. HEMANS. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown. KEATS. None but the lark so shrill and clear ! Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings, The morn not... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 pagine
...NIGHTINGALE. THOU wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown, — /s the selfsame song that found a path .rough the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, e stood... | |
| 1875 - 448 pagine
...wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note." The voice I bear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown ; Perhaps the self-same gong that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for borne, She stood in tears amid... | |
| Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen - 1875 - 320 pagine
...Keats he had also found a line which for its association with Ruth had become infinitely dear to him : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn. To be sure he had never seen Ruth in tears,... | |
| John Dennis - 1876 - 466 pagine
...stanza of it : " Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in ttars amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic... | |
| Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 pagine
...become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient...and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a pathj Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn, The... | |
| 1877 - 574 pagine
...published, and who was the author of this volume ? CUTHBERT BEDE. KEATS'S " ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE." — " Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through...for home She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The tame that ofU.im.ei hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1877 - 400 pagine
...nightingale — "Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient...Perhaps the selfsame song that found a path Through the sad tears of Ruth. when sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn." And so Hood of the... | |
| W. and R. Chambers (ltd.) - 1878 - 174 pagine
...become a sod ! Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient...Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth 9 when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien com ; The same that oft-times... | |
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