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 self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when,... English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) - Página 467por John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 792 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 266 páginas
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. ; Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home She stood in tears among the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements,... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 páginas
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain,— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home. She stood in tears amid the alien corn; Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll... | |
| Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 páginas
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain, To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 páginas
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in rain, — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou ure. What Ihe gains in lutviny thee Do anwun-t to,...So the way to fit m« for it Is beyond my savour. sick for She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements... | |
| John Keats - 1873 - 402 páginas
...! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. VII. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic... | |
| Casket - 1873 - 874 páginas
...ecstasy ! Still would'st thou sing, and I have earsin vain, To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou pon Wolf with an evil eye as the cause of his master's going so often astray. True it is. in all points sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 páginas
...wide around, the woods Sigh to her song, and with her wail resound. THOMSON. THE NIGHTINGALE. THOU wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed masic... | |
| John Keats - 1874 - 320 páginas
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. vn. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien com ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements,... | |
| 1876 - 564 páginas
...the midnight, with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad , In such an ecstasy ! Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn : The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 páginas
...ecstasy t Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou ray Through wilds of yon empyreal blue ! Oh, on thy...tranquil sea ! To brush the embers from the sun, The sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements,... | |
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