 Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. " Fresh as the first beam glittering...  Poems of Alfred Tennyson - Page 209by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 639 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1847 - 1230 pages
...house . Men hated learned women." Thus too, when one of them sings, the song is sad: " Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. " Fresh as the first beam glittering on a... | |
 | 1848 - 572 pages
...occurs at the close of the poem) : " ' Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from thi depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and...happy Autumn-fields, , And thinking of the days that arc no more. ', ' Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings oar friends up from the... | |
 | 1848 - 832 pages
...a house : Mm hated learned women." Thus too, when one of them sings, the song is sad: " Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In lookin? on the happy Autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. " Fresh as the first... | |
 | Catherine Anne Hubback - 1851 - 926 pages
...world his exquisite lines, but Cecil's feelings cannot be more accurately described : " Tears — idle tears — I know not what they mean ; Tears from the...Rise in the heart and gather to the eyes, In looking o'er the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. ***** " Dear as remembered... | |
 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - 1852 - 388 pages
...irresistible inward sadness : and as we walked, these lines of TENNYSON came to mind : ' TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...the heart and gather to the eyes, In looking on the fading autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more ! ' There are no two sadder words in... | |
 | Mrs. J. Thayer - 1853 - 144 pages
...BEEMKK. HOT very desolate that breast must be Whose only joyance is in memory. IEL The Past. TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...heart and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking on the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 216 pages
...transport rose and fell. But when we planted level feet, and dipt Beneath the satin dome and euter'd in, There leaning deep in broider'd down we sank Our...mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Eise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thmking of the... | |
 | Mary Henderson Eastman - 1856 - 406 pages
...chords, " I arranged the air to these beautiful words." She played part of the air as a prelude, and then sang: — <; Tears, idle tears, I know not what they...heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. " Fresh as the first beam glittering on a... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...longMss my whole soul through y lips, as simlight drinketh dew. The Princess. Canto iv. Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. Dear as remembered kisses after death, And... | |
 | 1857 - 904 pages
...city above. May the Lord grant it. TKARS, idle tears T know not what they mean, Tears fiom the depths of some divine despair Rise in the heart and gather...autumn-fields And thinking of the days that are no more. — TENNYSON. •SERVANT PLAGUE." BT J08KPII08. SUCH is the heading of an article in " Hall's Journal... | |
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