Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be... The Rhyme and Reason of Country Life, Or, Selections from Fields Old and New - Page 168by Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 428 pagesFull view - About this book
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again! Whate'er the theme, the Maiden Rang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending;... | |
| 1839 - 538 pages
...things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day 1 Some natural sorrow, loss or pain, That has been and may be again...the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened motionless and still;... | |
| Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matters of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, joy, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er...the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still;... | |
| 1840 - 378 pages
...things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again...the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ? I listen'd, motionless and still ; And... | |
| 1840 - 368 pages
...been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ? I listen'd, motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843 - 278 pages
...it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That hath been and may be again ? ;** Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending, I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending. I listened, motionless and still ; And... | |
| 1882 - 844 pages
...air as if it had wings. It was an endless song that Peggy sang, like that of Wordsworth's reaper — Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending. It went winding along, a viewless voice, beyond the house, along the slopes, away into the paleness... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ' Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has been, and may be again?...the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her^rork, And o'er the sickle bending. I listen'd, motionless and still ; And... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ! Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, motionless and xtill... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...things, And battles long ago, — Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again...the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still... | |
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