 Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, Why should I strive to set the crooked straight ? Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme Beats with light wing against the ivory gate, Telling a tale not too importunate To those who in the sleepy region...  An Introduction to English Literature - Page 588by Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1907 - 656 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1877 - 798 pages
...of English political life, and turned from the subject, as he had often done before, muttering — "Dreamer of dreams born out of my due time ! Why should I strive to set the crooked straight ? " In all his musings of to-day, with the ostensible purpose above recorded, Cosmo was now and then... | |
 | 1891 - 672 pages
...prettily in the Apology to the ' Earthly Paradise ' of his dreams coming through the " ivory gate ":— Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, Why should I strive to Bet the crooked straight ? Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme Beat with light wing against the... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1897 - 346 pages
...can ne'er be dead, Or long time take their memory quite away, From us poor singers of an empty day. Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, Why should...region stay, Lulled by the singer of an empty day. Morris did not proceed straight from The Earthly Paradise to Sigurd, but took up the Aeneid by the... | |
 | William Morris - 1868 - 698 pages
...long time take their memory quite away From us poor singers of an empty day. Dreamer of dreams, lorn out of my due time, Why should I strive to set the...region stay. Lulled by the singer of an empty day. Folk say, a wizard to a northern king At Christmas-tide such wondrous things did show. That through... | |
 | William Morris - 1868 - 700 pages
...can ne'er be dead, Or long time take their memory quite away from us poor singers of an empty day. Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, Why should I strive to set the crooked straight ? Let it suff1ce me that my murmuring rhyme Beats with light wing against the ivory gate, Telling a tale not... | |
 | William Morris - 1868 - 700 pages
...ne'er be dead, Or long time take their memory quite away • From us poor singers of an empty day. Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, Why should I strive to set the crooked straight 1 Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme Beats with light wing against the ivory gate, Telling a... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1869 - 998 pages
...feels no impulse to strive vainly to vitalize them : '• Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due lime, Why should I strive to set the crooked straight ? Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme Beate with light wing against the ivory gate, Telling я tale not too importunate To those who in the... | |
 | William Morris - 1869 - 708 pages
...can ne'er be dead, Or long time fake their memory quite away From us poor singers of an empty day. Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, Why should I strive to set tJie crooked straight ? Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme Beats with light wing against the... | |
 | William Morris - 1869 - 692 pages
...from us poor singers ofanjmpty day. 1/ Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, ^Wkp~sJumld__£ strive to set the crooked straight ? Let it suffice me that my murmTcrtngrKyme" / (• — -Seats with light wing against the ivory gate, I Telling a tale not too... | |
 | William Morris - 1870 - 444 pages
...can ne'er be dead, Or long time take. their memory quite away From us poor singers of an empty day. Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, Why should...region stay, Lulled by the singer of an empty day* I Folk say, a wizard to a northern king At Christmas-tide such wondrous things That through one window... | |
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