 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 Seiten
...clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair 25 But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delightful measure? 30 Still it whispcr'd promis'd... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 Seiten
...clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. 15 With wofnl measures wan Despair friendship for gratifying him, if lie deserves it,...dearest wish of every 35 poetic bosom— to be distingu Bnt thou, 0 Hope, with eyes so fair, *° What was thy delightful measure? Still it whisper 'd promis'd... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 Seiten
...clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With wofttl measures wan Despair 25 t and painted fragments lie ! "Let wreaths of triumph...temples twine," 161 The victor cried ; " the glorious But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delightful measure ? 30 Still it whisper'd promis'd... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 964 Seiten
...hurried hand the strings. With woeful measures wan Despair 25 Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled; h= 1 But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delightful measure? 30 Still it whispered promised... | |
 | 1916 - 792 Seiten
...hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair 25 Low sullen sounds his grief bcguil'd ; which I hope will not be liable to the least objection. I have been assured But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delightful measure? p 30 Still it whisper'd promis'd... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 422 Seiten
...with hurried hand the strings. With woeful measures wan Despair Low, sullen sounds his grief beguiled; A solemn, strange, and mingled air — 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, 0 Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delightful measure ? Still it whispered promised... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 Seiten
...Clash he struck the Lyre, And swept with hurried Hand the Strings. With woful Measures wan Despair, Low sullen Sounds, his Grief beguil'd, A solemn, strange,...mingled Air, 'Twas sad by Fits, by Starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with Eyes so fair, What was thy delightful Measure? Still it whisper'd promis'd Pleasure,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 Seiten
...clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair 15 But thou, О Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delightful measure ? 30 Still it whisper'd promis'd... | |
 | Dominic Barthel - 1927 - 790 Seiten
...hands the strings. With woful measures, wan Despair — Low sullen sounds, — his grief beguiled; A solemn, strange, and mingled air; 'Twas sad, by fits, — by starts, 'twas wild. But thou, 0 Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure,... | |
 | 1924 - 978 Seiten
...evokes some striking images : With woeful measures wan Despair, Low sullen sounds, his grief beguiled, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. The description calls up the music of Eastern Europe rather than that of the West. Perhaps the poet had... | |
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twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She... 
