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" 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 today Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? "
Everyday Classics: Eighth Reader : the Introduction to Literature - Page 27
by Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1918 - 415 pages
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Elinor Wyllys. Ed. by J.F. Cooper

Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1845 - 954 pages
...EDITED BY J. FENIMORE COOPER, ESQ. OF "THE SPY," "PATHFINDER," "TWO ADMIRALS/' " SATANSTOE," &C. •' Familiar matter of to-day; Some natural sorrow, loss or pain. That has been, and may be again.'' WORDSWORTH. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: N^JS^ RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. LOND ON...
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Poetry for Home and School ...

1846 - 436 pages
...heard In spring-time from the cuckoo bird, 120 THE ADOPTED CHILD. Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what...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,...
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The Poets and Poetry of England: In the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...thrilling voice was never heard In ppring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what...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,...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 3

Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...thrilling voice was never heard In spring-time, from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what...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,...
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Spring flowers gathered for young florists, by S.P.

Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 pages
...vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. For old, unhappy far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of...Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang, As if her song would have no ending ; J saw her singing at her work, And o'er her sickle bending ; — I listened...
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Poems from the Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - 1853 - 300 pages
...voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird Breaking the s lence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what...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,...
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Select specimens of English prose [ed.] by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...thrilling voice was never heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what...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,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...unhappy, far-off 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,...the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; 1 Raw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending; — I listened — motionless and still;...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

1854 - 456 pages
...thrilling voice was never heard In spring-time from the cuckoo bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what...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....
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The Rhyme and Reason of Country Life, Or, Selections from Fields Old and New

Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 pages
...sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird — Breaking the silence of the seas, Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago ; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some niitural sorrow, loss, or pain,...
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