 May-dawn it was, When I walked forth upon the glittering grass, And wept, I knew not why; until there rose From the near schoolroom, voices, that, alas! Were but one echo from a world of woes — The harsh and grating strife of tyrants and of foes.  The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt - Page 255by Leigh Hunt - 1860 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley - 1865 - 410 pages
...what Shelley saw, and so sweetly referred to in the dedication of the " Revolt of Islam," when— " There rose From the near school-room voices, that,...harsh and grating strife of tyrants and of foes." Never can I forget the intense pain my mother caused me, I am sure in utter thoughtlessness, within... | |
 | Frederick William Orde Ward - 1865 - 554 pages
...myself as the enemy and victim of Nature, a sole champion, for ever pursuing or flying. I. STRIFE. "Voices that, alas! Were but one echo from a world...harsh and grating strife of tyrants and of foes." SHELLEY. C\ ENIUS is akin to madness. And at my birth, (if I ^-* ever was born ; for a voice, echo-like,... | |
 | Frederick William Orde Ward - 1865 - 80 pages
...myself as the enemy and victim of Nature, a sole champion, for ever pursuing or flying. I. STRIPE. "Voices that, alas! Were but one echo from a world...harsh and grating strife of tyrants and of foes." SIIEIAEY. C\ ENIUS is akin to madness. And at my birth, (if I ^-* ever was born ; for a voice, echo-like,... | |
 | 1866 - 496 pages
...sleep : a fresh May-dawn it was, W he'ii I walked forth upon the glittering grass, And wept, 1 knew not why ; until there rose From the near school-room, voices, that, alas 1 Were but one echo from a world of woes — The hursli and grilling strife of tyrants and of foes.... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1859 - 740 pages
...characteristics. He seems to have alluded to them thus, in the ' Revolt of Islam' :— ' I wept, I knew not why : until there rose From the near school-room voices that, alas ! Were but an echo from a world of woes, The harsh and grating strife of tyrants and of foes.1 When fourteen years... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...spirit's sleep : a fresh May-dawn it was, When I walked forth upon the glittering grass, And wept, I knew not why; until there rose From the near school-room voices, that, alas ! 25 Were but one echo from a world of woes — The harsh and grating strife of tyrants and of foes.... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1870 - 714 pages
...spirit's sleep. A fresh May-^awn it was, When I walked forth upon the glittering graii, And wept, I knew not why: until there rose From the near schoolroom...grating strife of tyrants and of foes. " And then I cla,ped my handss and looked around : But none was near to mock my straining eye-. Which poured their... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...grass, And wept, I knew not why ; until there rose From the near school-room voices, that, alas ! 25 Were but one echo from a world of woes— The harsh...grating strife of tyrants and of foes. And then I clasped my hands and looked around— But none was near to mock my streaming eyes, Which poured their... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - English poetry - 1870 - 466 pages
...spirit's sleep : a fresh May-dawn it was, When I walked forth upon the glittering grass, And wept, I knew not why ; until there rose From the near school-room voices, that, alas ! 25 Were but one echo frorh a world of woes — The harsh and grating strife of tyrants and of foes.... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1871 - 742 pages
...spirit's sleep : a fresh May -dawn it was, When I walked forth upon the glittering grass, And wept, I knew not why : until there rose From the near school-room,...— The harsh and grating strife of tyrants and of foei. THE REVOLT OF ISLAM. And then I clasped my hands and looked around, But noue was near to mock... | |
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