What thou art we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought... A Household Book of English Poetry - Seite 2911870 - 438 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 Seiten
...one lonely cloud the moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed. What thou art we know not ; what is most like thee? from rainbow clouds there...see as from thy presence showers a rain of melody. With thy clear keen joyance languor cannot be: shadow of annoyance never came near thee: thou lovest;... | |
| David Grant - 1865 - 428 Seiten
...one lonely cloud The moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed. What thou art we know not ; What is most like thee? From rainbow clouds there...see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. 17 Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To... | |
| Anne Maria Hampton Brewster - 1866 - 456 Seiten
...but now she utters a peal of glad music, and " showers a rain of melody," without stint or limit, " Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not." But why is the nightingale called " love-lorn " ? That song is full of joy and rapture. I know Shakespeare... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 Seiten
...overflowed. What thou art we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow-clouds there flow not Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not : Like a high-born maiden, In a palace tower, Soothing her love-laden Soul in secret hour With music... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 Seiten
...art we know not ; what is most like thee ? From rainbow-clouds there flow not drops so bright to see, Like a poet hidden in the light of thought, Singing...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not : Like a high-born maiden in a palace-tower, Soothing her love-laden soul in secret hour With music... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 Seiten
...lonely cloud The moon ruins out her beams, and heaven is overflowed. 7. What thou art we know not : what is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there...see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. 8. Like a poet hidden in the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, till the world is wrought To... | |
| Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 Seiten
...one lonely cloud The moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed. What thou art we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there...see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a glowworm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and... | |
| Thomas Scott Buhrman - 1919 - 334 Seiten
..."Beauty is Truth, Truth, Beauty ; this is all ye know and all ye need to know." Or Shelley : — • "Like a poet hidden In the light of thought Singing...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not." To set forth Truth in the forms of Beauty is the function of the poet, the maker, the creator. And... | |
| Mark Bailey - 1880 - 80 Seiten
...lonely cloud The moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed. " What thou art, we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there...see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. " Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found,... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...FPL; MOS; Par; PoLF To a Skylark 69 Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert, (1. 1-2) 70 (1. 36^*0) To Night 74 Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed. Murmured like a noontide bee. Shall I... | |
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