 For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland, and farewell. Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, And chill the solemn earth, a fatal mother, With sadder than the Niobean womb, And in the hollow of her breasts a tomb....  Catullus and His Influence - Page 207by Karl Pomeroy Harrington - 1923 - 245 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cheltenham College - Endowed public schools (Great Britain) - 1868 - 412 pages
...poem dedicated to the memory of Charles Baudelaire, the French poet, who diexl recently. ' For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland, and farewell ; Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, And chill the solemn earth, a fatal mother, Whh sadder... | |
 | 1869 - 742 pages
...The memorable music of Swinburne's Ave atque Vale ends in a strain worthy of its noble first notes: For thee, 0 now a silent soul my brother, Take at my hands this garland and farewell. Thin is the leaf and chill the wintry smell, And chill the solemn earth a fatal mother, With sadder... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1878 - 1878 - 296 pages
...started, Shall death not bring us all as thee one day Among the days departed ? XVIII. For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland, and farewell. Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, With sadder than the Niobean womb, And in the hollow... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1889 - 314 pages
...started, Shall death not bring us all as thee one day Among the days departed T I? xvm. For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland, and farewell. With sadder than the Niobean womb, And in the hollow of her breast a tomb. Content thee, howsoe'er,... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...One shelter where our spirits fain would be, Death, if thou wilt? t. SWINBUBNE — A Dialogue. St. 1. ehiel Keeler Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, And chill the solemn earth, a fatal mother. j. SWINBUBNK—... | |
 | Thomas Bird Mosher - Literature - 1898 - 600 pages
...thoughts that started, Shall death not bring us all as thee one day Among the days departed ? For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland, and farewell. Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, And chill the solemn earth, a fatal mother, With sadder... | |
 | John Cann Bailey - Elegiac poetry - 1900 - 330 pages
...that started, Shall death not bring us all as thee one day Among the days departed? XVIII For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland, and farewell. Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, And chill the solemn earth, a fateful mother, With sadder... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1901 - 1190 pages
...thoughts that started, Shall death not bring us all as thee one day Among the days departed? For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland, and farewell. Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, With sadder than the Niobean womb, And in the hollow... | |
 | James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford - Historical poetry - 1902 - 470 pages
...thoughts that started, Shall death not bring us all as thee one day Among the days departed? For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland, and farewell. Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, And chill the solemn earth, a fatal mother, With sadder... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - Ballads, English - 1902 - 356 pages
...started, Shall death not bring us all as thee one day Among the days departed ? 63 XVIII For thee, O now a silent soul, my brother, Take at my hands this garland, and farewell. Thin is the leaf, and chill the wintry smell, And chill the solemn earth, a fatal mother, With sadder... | |
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