...and were stretching themselves forth for life and nourishment among the dust of death. " Old Thorn, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying...fibres net the dreamless head ; Thy roots are wrapt abont the bones." IK MEMORIAM, n. The covering stones were now replaced, and nothing more was done...

...grim old evergreen, that does not recall the apostrophe in " In Memoriam ?" Old jew which grnspest at the stones That name the under-lying dead. Thy...dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. And now the daring, yet reverent musings of his great poem enfold a deepened significance. The dread...

...a false antithesis. The Seasons bring the flower again, They bring the firstling to the flock; But in the dusk of thee the clock Beats out the little lives of men. The seasons do not bring the same flower again; and this year's firstling is not last year's firstling...

...long result of love, and boast : ' Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn.' OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...thee, the clock Beats out the little lives of men. 0 not for thee the glow, the bloom, Who changest not in any gale ! Nor branding summer suns avail To...

...long result of love, and boast : ' Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn. ' u OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...thee, the clock Beats out the little lives of men. 0 ! not for thee the glow, the bloom, Who changest not in any gale ! Nor branding summer suns avail...

...upon the dead bodies lying beneath its sombre shade, is describee by Tennyson in ' In Memoriam ' : — Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. In the ' Herbal ' of 1578 Lyte tells us that the yew is altogether venomous, anc iigairist man's nature....

...result of love, and boast : " Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn." II. OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...Thy fibres net the dreamless head ; Thy roots are wrapped about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock ;...

...result of love, and boast : ' Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn.' [I. OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...lives of men. O not for thee the glow, the bloom, Who changest not in any gale, Nor branding summer suns avail To touch thy thousand years of gloom : And...

...victor Hours should scorn The long result of love, and boast: ' Behold the man that loved and lost, n. OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the...to the flock ; And in the dusk of thee, the clock Keats out the little lives of men. () not for thee the glow, the bloom, Who changest not in any gale,...

...passage full of that simplicity which is a ruling characteristic with this author: — " Old yew, wbich graspest at the stones That name the under-lying dead,...Thy fibres net the dreamless head ; Thy roots are wrapped about the bones. " The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock...