 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
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 734 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas Amone 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,... | |
 | 1883 - 528 sider
...cuckoo-bird, 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 t Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 426 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... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 sider
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. 3. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: . 4. Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 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,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1884 - 654 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,... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 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,... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 sider
...breaking the silence of the seas among the farthest Hebrides. 3Will 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,... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1885 - 300 sider
...and what an ethereal music lingers about the simple lines — " Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old unhappy far-off things And battles long ago." Well might Hartley Coleridge declare, when addressing " him who uttered nothing base " — .... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1885 - 344 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,... | |
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