 Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be...  The Rhyme and Reason of Country Life, Or, Selections from Fields Old and New - Page 168by Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 428 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'cr the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending. I listen'd, motionless and still ; And... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again...the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened — motionless and still... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 pages
...things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has been, and may be again...Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang, As if her song would have no ending ; J saw her singing at her work, And o'er her sickle bending ; — I listened... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, Whatc'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her einging at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ;— I listened, motionless and still... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - English language - 1850 - 380 pages
...Arcades, 72. Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake ; Listen and save ! Coena, 864. I listened, motionless and still ; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart 1 bore, Long after it was heard no more. WORDSWORTH. ' The Solitary Reaper.' I have seen A curious... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I , when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore. Long after it was heard no more. was wild,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...things, And battles long ago, — Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again...the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1853 - 300 pages
...things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again...the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending; — I listened, motionless and still... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day 1 Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again...Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; 1 Raw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending; — I listened — motionless and still;... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has \>fen, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still... | |
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