Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound — Better... Songs of Three Centuries - Seite 100herausgegeben von - 1875 - 352 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 Seiten
...than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! 100 Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...The world should listen then, as I am listening now ! 105 Percy Bysshe Shelley. CCXXIV ' ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR.' 'Tis time this heart... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 Seiten
...scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things bom Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joys we ever should come near. Better than all measures...lips would flow, The world should listen then, as 1 am listening now. THE SENSITIVE PLANT* A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds ted... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 Seiten
...shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all measures Of delight and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...The world should listen then as I am listening now. 4.— THE CATARACT OP LODORE. ROBERT SOUTHEY. [Seepage 110.J How does the water come down at Lodore... | |
| William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 Seiten
...shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all measures Of delight and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. POETICAL GEMS.* SMOOTH run the waters where the brook is deep. Shakspere's Henry VI. An honest man's... | |
| M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 Seiten
...shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. r Better than all measures Of delight and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS. Henry Wadaworth Longfellow. " L'e'ternitfi est une pcndale, dont le balancier... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 396 Seiten
...than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground 5 " Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...world should listen then, as I am listening now." ' Noble ' example for 'pure tone,' to le given also with full 'median stress.' contribute also to produce,... | |
| Class-book - 1869 - 344 Seiten
...than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! 21. Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...The world should listen then, as I am listening now ! The Fugitives. l. The waters are flashing, The white hail is dashing, The lightnings are glancing,... | |
| William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 Seiten
...and pride and fear ; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all measures Of delightful...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. TO A BEE.— (Robert Soutliey.) Thou wert out betimes, thou busy, busy bee ! As abroad I took my early... | |
| English poems - 1870 - 722 Seiten
...and pride, and fear ; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all measures Of delightful...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. THE FUGITIVES. HPHE waters are flashing, •*- The white hail is dashing, The lightnings are glancing,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 Seiten
...; If we were things born not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. XIV. Better than all measures of delightful sound, Better...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. CXXX. — THE FATAL BRAWL. The following dialogue is founded on an actual occurrence which took place... | |
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