Love took up the glass of Time, and turn'd it in his glowing hands ; Every moment, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden sands. Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music... The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson - Seite 651879Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1849 - 468 Seiten
...loved." Passion seeks the gratification of self; Love sacrifices itself. What says Tennyson ? — ' Love took up the harp of life, and smote on all the...with might ; Smote the chord of self, that trembling passed in music out of sight.' " " Cite proofs, and not the fictions of poetry, if you wish to convert... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1842 - 558 Seiten
...my feelings, fearing they should do me wrong;" Saying, " Dost thou love me, cousin ?" weeping, " I have loved thee long." Love took up the glass of Time,...morning on the moorland did we hear the copses ring, And her whisper throng'd my pulses with the fulness of the Spring. Many an evening by the waters did we... | |
| 1842 - 788 Seiten
...my feelings, fearing they should do me wrong;" Saying, " Dost thou love me, cousin ?" weeping, " I have loved thee long.' ' Love took up the glass of...morning on the moorland did we hear the copses ring, And her whisper throng'd my pulses with the fulness of the Spring. Many an evening hy the waters did we... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 Seiten
...my feelings, fearing they should do me wrong;" Saying, " Dost thou love me, cousin ?" weeping, " I have loved thee long." Love took up the glass of Time,...morning on the moorland did we hear the copses ring, And her whisper throng'd my pulses with the fullness of Many an evening by the waters did we watch the... | |
| 1842 - 610 Seiten
...heart ; and the present and the past riot within him : — Love took up the glass of Time, and turned it in his glowing hands ; Every moment, lightly shaken,...might ; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight. Many a morning on the moorland did we hear the copses ring, And herwhisper... | |
| 1843 - 424 Seiten
...feelings, fearing they should do me wrong ; " Saying, " Dost thou love me, cousin ? " weeping, " I have loved thee long." Love took up the glass of Time,...morning on the moorland did we hear the copses ring, And her whisper throng'd my pulses with the fullness of the Spring. Many an evening by the waters did we... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 Seiten
...my feelings, fearing they should do me wrong ;" Saying, " Dost thou love me, cousin 1 " weeping, " I have loved thee long." Love took up the glass of Time,...Many a morning on the moorland did we hear the copses .And her whisper throng'd my pulses with the fullness of the Spring. Many an evening by the waters... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 Seiten
...hid my feelings, fearing they should do me wrong ;" Saying, "Dost thou love me, cousin?" weeping, "I have loved thee long." Love took up the glass of Time,...morning on the moorland did we hear the copses ring, And her whisper throng 'd my pulses with the fulness of the Spring. Many an evening by the waters did we... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...my feelings, fearing they should do me wrong;" Saying, " Dost thou love me, cousin ?" weeping, " I have loved thee long." Love took up the glass of Time,...sands. Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on ill the chords with might ; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 254 Seiten
...they should do me wrong ; " Saying, " Dost thou love me, cousin ?" weeping, " I have loved thee lohg." Love took up the glass of Time, and turn'd it in his...morning on the moorland did we hear the copses ring, And her whisper throng'd my pulses with the fullness of Many an evening by the waters did we watch the... | |
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