| William Henry Davenport Adams, Hector Giacomelli - 1878 - 472 pagine
...Nightingale ? — " Thou wert 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 : Perhaps the self -same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pagine
...sky. MRS. HEMASS. 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... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1878 - 708 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 days by emperor and clown : 137 •If §§ J§ :;i found :i path fp§ ©I Ruth, when, sick for home. •iJnli llir alien i-iirn... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 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...Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Euth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn The same that oft-times... | |
| Laurel - 1879 - 438 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...days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the selfsame song thaUfound a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pagine
...become a sod. Thon wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! Xu hungry generations trend thce down ; hing tigers sad heart of Kuth, when, siek for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 pagine
...become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird I No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-name song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for horn*, She stood in... | |
| Frances Mary Owen - 1880 - 202 pagine
...nightingale's music. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird, No hungry generations tread thee dawn ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown. But there is no bitterness in the quieted spirit which has been so penetrated by the beauty of a bygone... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 644 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 days by emperor and down : , Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 654 pagine
...become a sod. 7Thou 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 tjars amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic... | |
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