Like clouds that rake the mountain-summits, Or waves that own no curbing hand, How fast has brother followed brother From sunshine to the sunless land ! Yet I, whose lids from infant slumber Were earlier raised, remain to hear A timid voice, that asks... MacMillan's Magazine - Pagina 307geredigeerd door - 1896Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1835 - 616 pagina’s
...creature, sleeps in earth ; And Lamb, the frolic and the gentle, Has vanished from his lonely hearth. Like clouds that rake the mountain-summits, Or waves...brother followed brother From sunshine to the sunless laud ! Yet I, whose lids from infant slumbers Were earlier raised, remain to hear A timid volte, that... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1836 - 536 pagina’s
...warning he has felt in the death of his contemporaries : "Like clouds that rake the mountain summits, Or waves that own no curbing hand. How fast has brother...followed brother From sunshine to the sunless land ! "Yet I, whose lids from infant slumbers Were earlier raised, remain to hear A timid voice, that asks... | |
| 1836 - 746 pagina’s
...frolic and the gentle, Has vanished from his lonely hearth. Like clouds that rake the mountain summits, Or waves that own no curbing hand. How fast has Brother...followed Brother From sunshine to the sunless land I Yet I, whose lids from infant slumbers Were earlier raised, remain to hear A timid voice, that asks... | |
| 1836 - 808 pagina’s
...frolic and the gentle, Has vanished from his lonely hearth. Like clouds that rake the mountain summits, Or waves that own no curbing hand, How fast has brother...followed brother From sunshine to the sunless land ! Yet I, whose lids from infant slumbers Were earlier raised, remain to hear A timid voice, that asks... | |
| 1836 - 540 pagina’s
...creature, sleeps in earth ; And Lamh, the frolic and the gentle, Has vanish'd from his lonely hearth. Like clouds that rake the mountain-summits, Or waves that own no curbing hand, How fast has brother follow'd brother From sunshine to the sunless land ! Yet I, whose lids from infant slumbers Were earlier... | |
| Family Sanctuary, Family sanctuary - 1838 - 598 pagina’s
...expiring sigh of those whom he loves, — and he who truly marks the ravages of death, knows well, " How fast has brother followed brother, From sunshine, to the sunless land !" Or whether he be himself Death's first victim, holy prayer will turn the tyrant's dart, for it shall... | |
| 1892 - 848 pagina’s
...mouldering ruins low he lies ; And death upon the braes of Yarrow, Has closed the Shepherd-poet's eyes. Like clouds that rake the mountain-summits, Or waves...followed brother, From sunshine to the sunless land I Yet I, whose lids from infant slumber, Were earlier raised, remain to hear A timid voice, that asks... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pagina’s
...creature sleeps in earth : And Lamb, the frolic and the gentle, Has vanished from hie lonely hearth. Like clouds that rake the mountain-summits, Or waves...followed brother, From sunshine to the sunless land ! Our haughty life is crowned with darkness, Like London with its own black wreath, On which with thee,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pagina’s
...creature sleeps in earth : And Lamb, the frolic and the gentle, Has vanished from his lonely hearth. Like clouds that rake the mountain-summits, Or waves...followed brother, From sunshine to the sunless land ! Our haughty life is crowned with darkness, Like London with its own black wreath, On which with thee,... | |
| William Howitt - 1847 - 566 pagina’s
...and the gentle, Has vanished from his lonely hearth. " Like clouds that robe the mountain summits, Or waves that own no curbing hand, How fast has Brother...followed Brother, From sunshine to the sunless land ! " Yet I, whose lids from infant slumbers Were earlier raised, remain to hear A timid voice that asks... | |
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