Or slow distemper, or neglected love, (And so, poor wretch! fill'd all things with himself, And made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrow) he, and such as he, First named these notes a melancholy strain. And many a poet echoes the conceit;... Our Native Songsters - Page 127by Anne Pratt - 1852 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1798 - 240 pages
...! In nature there is nothing melancholy. — But some night-wandering Man, whose heart was pierc'd With the remembrance of a grievous wrong, Or slow...made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First nam'd these notes a melancholy strain ; And many a poet echoes the... | |
| 1799 - 618 pages
...In nature there is nothing melancholy. • — But some night-wandering Man, whose heart was pierc'i With the remembrance of a grievous wrong, Or slow...made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First nam'd these notes a melancholy strain ; And many a poet echoes the... | |
| 1799 - 614 pages
...melancholy. ¡. — But some night-wandering Man, whose heart was pierc'd With the remembrance of a gi ievous wrong, Or slow distemper or neglected love, (And so,...made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First nam'd these notes a melancholy strain ; .And manya poet echoes the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...somenight-wanderingMan,whose heart was pierc'd With the remembrance of a grievous wrong, Or slow distemper 'or negleded love, (And so, poor Wretch ! fill'd all things with...made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First named these notes a melancholy strain : And many a poet echoes the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1800 - 272 pages
...! fill'd all things with himself And made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First named these notes a melancholy strain : And many a poet echoes the conceit ; Poet, who hath been building up the rhyme » " Molt musical, mast melancholy.'' This passage in Milton... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...thought! In Nature there is nothing melancholy. —But some night-wandering Man, whose heart was pierc'd With the remembrance of a grievous wrong, Or slow...made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrows) he, and such as he, First nam'd these notes a melancholy strain; And many a poet echoes the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...! In nature there is nothing melancholy. — But some night- wandering Man, whose heart was pierc'd With the remembrance of a grievous wrong, Or slow...made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First named these notes a melancholy strain : And many a poet echoes the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pages
...! fill'd all things with himself, And made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First named these notes a melancholy strain z ... And many a poet echoes the conceit ; Poet, who hath been building up the rhyme * " Most musical,... | |
| William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1805 - 284 pages
...remembrance of a grievous wrong,. Or slow distemper, or neglected lovej. (And so, poor wretch ! filled all things with himself, And made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First named these notes a melancholy strain : * " Most musical, most melunclioly."... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...filled all things with himself, And made all gentle sounds- tell back the tale Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First named these notes a melancholy strain : * " Most musical, mast melancholy." This passage in Milton possesses an excellence far superior to... | |
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