 Bespeaks unseemly forwardness — send me ! The coarsest reed that trembles in the marsh, If Heaven select it for its instrument, May shed celestial music on the breeze, As clearly as the pipe whose virgin gold Befits the lip of Phoebus ; — ye are wise...  Tragedies - Page 12by Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1840 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1837 - 1322 pages
...beautiful language, he is " A lone stray ; li'm-. whose little life, By strangers' bounty chensh'd, like a wave That from the summer sea a wanton breeze...a moment's sparkle, will subside Light as it rose" — According to the description given of him by Agenor, " By no internal contest train'd," his " being's... | |
 | sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1835 - 232 pages
...celestial music on the breeze As clearly as the pipe whose virgin gold Befits the lip of Phoebus ; — ye are wise, And needed by your country; ye are fathers:...stray thing, whose little life By strangers' bounty cherish'd, like a wave That from the summer sea a wanton breeze Lifts for a moment's sparkle, will... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 608 pages
...for the sad ones His entreaty to be entrusted with the message to the king is in these words : — And needed by your country; ye are fathers: I am a...stray thing, whose little life By strangers' bounty cherish'd, like a wave That from the summer sea a wanton breeze Lifts for a moment's sparkle, will... | |
 | 1836 - 604 pages
...celestial music on the breezo As clearly as the pipe whose virgin gold Befits the lip of Plwebus ; — ye are wise, And needed by your country ; ye are fathers...subside Light as it rose, nor leave a sigh in breaking.' The mutual discovery of attachment is thus described — ' Ion. We met As playmates who might never... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1836 - 590 pages
...country ; ye are fathers : I am a lone stray thing, whose little life By strangers' bounty cherish'd, like a wave That from the summer sea a wanton breeze...subside Light as it rose, nor leave a sigh in breaking" — p. 14. The idea of Heaven selecting a reed from a marsh to be its instrument is new. The comparison... | |
 | 1836 - 650 pages
...celestial music on the breeze As clearly as the pipe whose virgin gold Befits the lip of Phoebus ; — ye are wise. And needed by your country ; ye are fathers...stray thing, whose little life By strangers' bounty cherish'd like a wave That from the summer sea a wanton breeze Lifts for a moment's sparkle, will subside... | |
 | 1836 - 748 pages
...celestial music on the breeze, As clearly as the pipe whose virgin gold Befits the lip of Phoebus. Ye are wise, And needed by your country ; ye are fathers...stray thing, whose little life By strangers' bounty cherish'd, like a wave That from the summer sea a wanton breeze Lifts for a moment's sparkle, will... | |
 | sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1836 - 140 pages
...celestial music on the breeze As clearly as the pipe whose virgin gold Befits the lip of Phoebus;—ye are wise, And needed by your country ; ye are fathers...stray thing, whose little life By strangers' bounty cherish'd, like a wave That from the summer sea a wanton breeze Lifts for a moment's sparkle, will... | |
 | 1836 - 746 pages
...virgin gold Befits the lip of I'liwlnis. Ye are wise, And needed by your country ; ye are fathers j I am a lone stray thing, whose little life By strangers' bounty cherish'd, like a wave That from the summer sea a wanton breeze Lifts for a moment's sparkle, will... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1837 - 594 pages
...celestial music on the breeze As clearly as the pipe whose virgin gold Befits the lip of Phoebus ; — ye are wise, And needed by your country ; ye are fathers...stray thing, whose little life By strangers' bounty cherished, like a wave That from the summer sea a wanton breeze Lifts for a moment's sparkle, will... | |
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