 Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things And battles long ago; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again?  The Spell of Scotland - Side 219af Keith Clark - 1916 - 345 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Words - 1866 - 368 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas, Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day 1 Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,... | |
 | 1907 - 1184 sider
...eye I Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky." " Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago." Those passages are after Longfellow's heart — but they have a quality to which Longfellow rarely,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? as wnlking in her pride. Alone walked she ; but, viewlessly, ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 254 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. m. Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day?— Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 254 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. in. Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: 'Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? — Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? think of now ; And calmly 0 3 Q ϐ肀 "? 1873 Ward"1 Beeton ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day P Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,... | |
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,... | |
 | Dawn - 1874 - 340 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,... | |
 | 1874 - 332 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago ; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - 1874 - 378 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings 1 Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old unhappy far-off things, And battles long ago ; — Or is it some more humble lay — Familiar matter of to-day — Some natural sorrow, loss,... | |
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