 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 English Poets: Wordsworth to Dobell - Page 42edited by - 1894Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...in some shady haunt, Among Arabian Sands : No sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles loug ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides, i 4 Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive...And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart J bore, Long after it was heard no more. XXIII. WRITTEN IN MARCH, While resting on the Bridge at the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 482 pages
...some shady haunt, Among Arabian Sands : Such thrilling voice was never heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among...; — 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. VIII. ADDRESS... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay. Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrrow, loss, 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. AUDUESS... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1832 - 402 pages
...numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago ; Or is it some more humble lay,1 Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss,...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. VIII. ADDRESS... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - Bibliography - 1839 - 554 pages
...Will no one tell me what she sings ? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, fa r-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more...my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more." It is, however, to the endowments of the heart of woman that Wordsworth's noblest tributes are paid,... | |
 | 1839 - 538 pages
...unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day 1 Some natural sorrow, loss or pain, That has been and...my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more." It is, however, to the endowments of the heart of woman that Wordsworth's noblest tributes are paid,... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - American periodicals - 1839 - 540 pages
...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 work,...my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more." It is, however, to the endowments of the heart of woman that Wordsworth's noblest tributes are paid,... | |
 | 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... | |
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