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
| John Charles Curtis - 1876 - 136 pages
...Underline the participles :— King Alfred was seized with a strange illness while sitting at table. I saw the glimmer of the sun creeping as it before had done. The rain came flashing down. First having released me from the settlement that I had made the day before... | |
| Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 424 pages
...— It was the carol of a bird ; It ceased, and then it came again— 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... | |
| Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 426 pages
...that moment could not see I was the mate of misery; But then, by dull degrees crime back My sensed to their wonted track: I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before j I saw the glimmer of the sun Creeping as it before had done; But through the crevice where it came... | |
| Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 968 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise. And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But long enough (Before he was first minister of state, Tliut bird was perch'd. as fond and tame. And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 pages
...see I was the mate of misery; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track; 260 o + upon the tree; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things, And seemed to... | |
| 1910 - 356 pages
...eyes 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... | |
| Grenville Kleiser - 1911 - 462 pages
...eyes Ran over with the glad surprize, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch 'd, as f oud and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song... | |
| William Macneile Dixon, Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - 1911 - 792 pages
...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...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... | |
| 1911 - 612 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...slowly round me as before ; I saw the glimmer of the aim Creeping as it before had done ; But through the crevice where it came That bird was perched as... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1911 - 184 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... | |
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