| 1854 - 696 Seiten
...calling voice that thrilled through his brain, not so much like a woman's, as resembling the cry of those airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses ! Lord Luxton looked keenly at his agitated visitor^ and the astute man of the world, initructed by... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 92 Seiten
...rife, and perfect in my listening ear; Yet nought tut single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And aery tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1844 - 846 Seiten
...rife and perfect in my list'ning ear ; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be IA mpbell bcck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 Seiten
...and perfect in my listening ear ; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be ! Л thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert... | |
| Walter Scott - 1845 - 382 Seiten
...Drummelziar, and chief of a powerful clan. To those spirits were also ascribed, in Scotland, the — " Airy tongues, that syllable men's names, On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." When the workmen were engaged in erecting the ancient church of Old Deer, in Aberdeenshire, upon a... | |
| George Moore - 1846 - 452 Seiten
...The following words of Milton haunt the memory of most readers : " Of calling shapes and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's...names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses." — COMDS. The prevalent superstitions of the Arabians are probably here referred to, for these people,... | |
| 1847 - 526 Seiten
...— Why so can I, or so can any man ; But will they come, when you do call for them ? SHAKSPEARE. 4. A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names, And sands, and shores, and desert... | |
| David Daiches - 1979 - 304 Seiten
...she senses the presence of Comus, and the movement of the verse changes again: What might this be? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory...names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses. She recalls her virtue and her chastity, and announces in somewhat stilted verse her confidence in... | |
| John Milton - 1926 - 360 Seiten
...Was rife, andperfet in my lisJ'ning ear, Yet nought but single darbies do Ijind. What might this he? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory...beckning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable mens names On Sands, andShoars, and desert Wildernesses. These thoughts may slartle weft, but not affound... | |
| John Milton - 1994 - 630 Seiten
...rife, and perfect in my list'ning ear; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory,...names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound 210 The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By... | |
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