Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone : Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare ; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve ; She cannot fade, though... Poems of sentiment and reflection - Page 29771912Full view - About this book
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth...thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair ! 3. Ah, happy, happy boughs ! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And happy... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 650 pages
...mortals, or of both, In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these ? What maidens loath ? What mad pursuit ? What struggle to escape ? What...thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair ! 3Ah, happy, happy boughs ! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And, happy... | |
| Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...wild ecstasy ? Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter ; therefore, ye soft pilies, play on ; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endeared,...thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair ! . . . 0 Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter ; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on ; Not to the sensual car, b 4,, N V O M ; Forever wilt thou love, and she be fair ! Ah, happy, happy boughs ! that cannot shed Your leaves,... | |
| Frances Mary Owen - 1880 - 202 pages
...unheard Are sweeter ; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on ; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone ; Fair youth...never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve ; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love,... | |
| Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 474 pages
...pipes, play on ; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone : is Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave...winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve ; She can not fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, 20 Forever wilt thou love, and she be fair ! Ah happy,... | |
| sir Edmund William Gosse - 1881 - 308 pages
...pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels ? What wild ecstasy ? II. Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter ; therefore,...thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair ! in. Ah, happy, happy boughs ! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu ; And,... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 654 pages
...mad pursuit ? What struggle to escape ? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? a. Heard melodies are s.weet, but those unheard Are sweeter ; therefore,...thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair ! 3Ah, happy, happy boughs ! that sannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And, happy... | |
| Ethel Coxon - 1881 - 252 pages
...read them mechanically, without attaching any meaning to them. Suddenly he woke to a sense of them. " Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning...bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair." It seemed unreal, ghostly, unnatural, the sweet melody, the vague, sweet thought, enfolded in sweetest... | |
| 1881 - 456 pages
...Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave i Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare ; tf Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss, ' Though...<She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, t For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair ! in. Ah, happy, happy boughs ! that cannot shed Your leaves,... | |
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