 Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While...  The Poetical Works of John Keats - Page 202by John Keats - 1847 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Keats - English poetry - 1863 - 370 pages
...many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath ; Now more than...art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1863 - 564 pages
...a time, 1 have been half in love with easeful Death,1 Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath ; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To seize upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an eestasy... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Outdoor life - 1865 - 120 pages
...many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now, more than...ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - Drama - 2002 - 396 pages
...many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than...ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. "There death is blended not with love, but bird-music. 'Birds' and 'music' are both close to 'love'... | |
 | Klaus Martens, Paul Duncan Morris, Arlette Warken - American poetry - 2003 - 166 pages
...many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than...have ears in vain To thy high requiem become a sod. (208) But while in the thrall of the nightingale's song, the speaker implies he is somehow transformed... | |
 | John R. Strachan - 2003 - 218 pages
...many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than...have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod.41 60 31 Invisible. 32 By chance. 33 Fairies. 34 Flourishing. 35 'Darkness or obscurity, the result... | |
 | Richard Hayman - History - 2003 - 300 pages
...confesses himself in such a heightened poetical state as 'half in love with easeful death': Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! " Keats sought in trees and birds symbols that could help communicate his personal ideas and feelings.... | |
 | Marcia Willett - Fiction - 2002 - 442 pages
...forest dim . . . Away! away! for I will fly to thee ... on the viewless wings of Poesy . . . Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! . . . Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! . . .' Odd that the girl's bright, young, eager... | |
 | Bernd Fischer - History - 2003 - 276 pages
...Thematic and Dramatic Configurations of the Theme of Death in Kleist's Works Hilda M. Brown Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! (Keats, "Ode to a Nightingale") RIPENESS AND DEATH are brought into a striking new relationship in... | |
 | Caroline Upcher - Fiction - 2003 - 306 pages
...many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath, Now more than...it rich to die, To cease upon the Midnight with no pain . . ." On and on he went, his voice far too dramatic for the delicacy of the poem. He waved his... | |
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