A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird; It ceased, and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard, And mine was thankful till my eyes Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate... Littell's Living Age - Page 4011849Full view - About this book
| 1872 - 900 pages
...Kan over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But oft rapture shall teach life to glow, And light up a smile on t 1 saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before, I saw the glimmer of the sun Creeping... | |
| John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track ; 260 I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before, I saw the glimmer of the sun... | |
| Henry Major - 1873 - 164 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...bird was perched as fond and tame. And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird with azure wings, A song that said a thousand things, And seemed to say... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1873 - 348 pages
...ear ever heard; And mine — was thankful — till my eyes Ran over — with the glad surprise; But then — by dull degrees — came back My senses —...crevice — where it came — That bird — was perched — Rsfond — and In me, And tamer — than upon the tree, — A lovely bird — with azure wings,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 376 pages
...]tan over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of miseiy ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch'd, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But r sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look...Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing t camo That bird was perch'd as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree — A lovely bird with azure... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...bird was perched, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things, And seemed to... | |
| Henry Major - 1875 - 268 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...bird was perched as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird with azure wings, A song that said a thousand things, And seemed to say... | |
| 1876 - 564 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then, by dull degrees came back My senses to their...bird was perched as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree — A lovely bird with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things, And seemed... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 246 pages
...llaii over with the glad surprise, Ami they that moment could uot see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before, 1 saw the glimmer of the sun Creeping as it before had done, But through the crevice where it came... | |
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