their sleep is sweet,' And silence follow'd, and we wept. Our voices took a higher range; Once more we sang: 'They do not die Nor lose their mortal sympathy, Nor change to us, although they change; 'Rapt from the fickle and the frail With gather'd power,... In Memoriam - Pagina 49door Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 126 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pagina’s
...Then echo-like our voices rang ; We sung, tho' every eye was dim, A merry song we sang with him 48 We ceased : a gentler feeling crept Upon us : surely...same, Pierces the keen seraphic flame From orb to orb, from veil to veil. • Rise, happy morn, rise holy morn, Draw forth the cheerful day from night... | |
| 1850 - 744 pagina’s
...: We sung, though every eye was dim, A merry song we sang with him Last year ; impetuously we sang. We ceased : a gentler feeling crept Upon us. Surely...die, Nor lose their mortal sympathy, Nor change to ns, although they change : Rapt from the fickle and the fraD With gather'd power, yet the same, Pierces... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pagina’s
...We sung, though every eye was dim, A merry song we sang with him Last year : impetuously we sang : We ceased : a gentler feeling crept Upon us : surely...rest," we said, " their sleep is sweet," And silence followed, and we wept. Our voices took a higher range ; Once more we sang : " They do not die Nor lose... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1851 - 234 pagina’s
...Upon us : surely rest is meet: ' They rest,' we said, ' their sleep is sweet,' And silence foliow'd, and we wept. Our voices took a higher range ; Once...mortal sympathy, Nor change to us, although they change ; Eapt from the fickle and the frail With gather'd power, yet the same, Pierces the keen seraphic flame... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 422 pagina’s
...; We sung, tho' every eye was dim, A merry song we sang with him Last year : impetuously we sang : We ceased : a gentler feeling crept Upon us : surely...rest,' we said, ' their sleep is sweet.' And silence follow' d, and we wept. Our voices took a higher range ; Once more we sang : ' They do not die Nor... | |
| Meta Lander - 1854 - 338 pagina’s
...TOLERANCE — LAST LETTERS O» MRS. JACKSON — LAST LETTERS OP MRS. H. — CHEERLNO TOKENS AMONG GREEKS. " They do not die, Nor lose their mortal sympathy, Nor change to us, although they change." In Menwriam. INTIMATELY associated with the family of Dr. Jackson was good Deacon Kent, whom we first... | |
| East India college - 1856 - 480 pagina’s
...every eye was dim, A merry song we sang with him Last year ; impetuously we sang. We ceased : a gentle feeling crept Upon us ; surely rest is meet. " They...rest," we said, " their sleep is sweet." And silence followed, and we wept. Our voices took a higher range : Once more we sang, " They do not die, Nor lose... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1856 - 878 pagina’s
...We sung, though every eve was dim, A merry song we sang with him Last year ; impetuously we Bang : "We ceased: a gentler feeling crept Upon us ; surely rest is meet ; ' They rest,' we said, ' their Bleep is sweet,' And silence followed, and we wept " Our voices took a higher range : Once more we... | |
| 1856 - 880 pagina’s
...sung, though every eye was dim, A merry song we sang with him Last year ; impetuously we sang : '* We ceased: a gentler feeling crept Upon us ; surely rest is meet ; 4 They rest,' we said, * their sleep is sweet,' And silence followed, and we wept " Our voices took... | |
| 1857 - 614 pagina’s
...almost real. And they are with me. It is even as the poet has beautifully sung of the departed : " they do not die, Nor lose their mortal sympathy, Nor change to us, although they change." In the stillness of the night, I feel the presence of spirits, they commune with me in a speechless... | |
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