 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...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, That has been, and may be again! Whate'er the theme, the Maiden Rang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending;... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 pages
...natural sorrow, loss, or pain That has been, or may be again ? Whate'er the theme the maiden sunjf . As if her song could have no ending : I saw her singing at her work And o'er her sickle bending ; I listened — motionless and still : And as I mounted up the hill, The music... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1837 - 376 pages
...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, That has been,...could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, O o ' And o'er the sickle bending ; — o ' I listened, motionless and still ; And, as I mounted up... | |
 | 1839 - 538 pages
...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,...still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more." It is, however, to the endowments of the heart of... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1839 - 554 pages
...fa r-off things, And 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...still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more." It is, however, to the endowments of the heart of... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matters of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, joy, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er...bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. 78 HEDGE-ROW... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1839 - 540 pages
...fa r-off things, And 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'cr the theme, the Maiden sang As if her sons; could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1840 - 376 pages
...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, That has been,...still ; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. VIII. ADDRESS KILCHURN-CASTLE, UPON LOCH AWE. ' From... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...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, That has been,...singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ? I listen'd, motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...covenant, the conditions imposed by his own theory. He had always sung, " Familiar matter of to-day, Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again," in simple and natural language, he might have been secure of imparting more than common pleasure to... | |
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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, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no... 
