 Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when,...  The Poetical Works of John Keats - Page 202by John Keats - 1847 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 pages
...ecstasy ! Still would'st thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...by emperor and clown ; Perhaps the self-same song hath found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...upon the midnight with no pain, While thou 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 1 hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 578 pages
...ecstasy ! Still would'st thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...by emperor and clown ; Perhaps the self-same song hath found a path Through the sad heart of lluth, when, sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1863 - 564 pages
...eestasy ! Still wonld'st thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...by emperor and clown ; Perhaps the self-same song hath found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 116 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...amid the alien corn : The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
 | John Dennis - 1865 - 344 pages
...contains one stanza of pre-eminent beauty : — " Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! Ho hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Chann'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn." But this exquisite... | |
 | John Dennis - 1865 - 340 pages
...fancy and glowing imagination, and contains one stanza of pre-eminent beauty : — " Thou wast not bom for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread...passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and down : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home,... | |
 | David Grant - 1865 - 428 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have 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 this passing njght was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Hutu, when sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times... | |
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