 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...  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Side 176af William Wordsworth - 1871 - 568 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
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...matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate 'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have...my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. SIR WALTER SCOTT, CXLII. 1771— 1832. FITZ-EU STACE'S SONG. "IT J HERE shall the lover rest, • •... | |
 | William Wordsworth, John Morley (viscount) - 1890 - 1012 sider
...been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending;...my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. J ADDRESS TO KILCHURN CASTLE, UPON LOCH AWE The first three lines were thrown off at the moment I first... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1891 - 816 sider
...battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er...my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. WORDSWORTH. TO BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast ? Your date is not... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1892 - 316 sider
...more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, or may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang...my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH was born at Cockermouth, a town in Cumberland, England, April... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 sider
...battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again. Whate'er...her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; I listened till I had my fill ; And as I mounted up the hill The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 sider
...battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er...my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. (1803.) YARROW UNVISITED. 1803. [See the various poems the scene of which is laid upon the banks of... | |
 | David Hoekzema - 1893 - 368 sider
...battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay , Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has been , and may be again ! Whate'er...work, And o'er the sickle bending; — I listened till I had my fill , And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 342 sider
...battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has been, and may be again? Whate'er...my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. SKATING AT NIGHT. [From the Prelude.'] So through the darkness and the cold we flew, And not a voice... | |
 | Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley - 1894 - 272 sider
...Wordsworth called it, sank deep into Wordsworth's heart, his lines sink as deeply into ours to-day : " Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song...my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more." 1 Now, as we wander along above Eamont's side and gaze down, through the elm-tree screen, upon the... | |
 | William Minto - 1894 - 438 sider
...matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! " What'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have...my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more." Many of Wordsworth's imaginative flights, and these the most prized by his admirers, take their start... | |
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