 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
 | 1912 - 524 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 a tree ; A lovely bird with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things, And seemed to say... | |
 | 1912 - 440 pages
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 | 1912 - 440 pages
...not see I was the mate of misery; But then, by dull degrees, came back The Prisoner of Chillon 3083 My senses to their wonted track: I saw the dungeon...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... | |
 | Harold Spender - 1912 - 316 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...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1913 - 274 pages
...255 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... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 952 pages
...I was the mate of misery. But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track; 160 1 more horrible than that Is a curse in a dead man's...I Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, 261 perch'd, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 956 pages
...eyes Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery. But orth. No forest fell When tliou wouldst build; no quarry sent i 260 I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before, I saw the glimmer of the sun... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 944 pages
...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...before had done, But through the crevice where it came 265 That bird was perched, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree; A lovely bird, with azure... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 pages
...And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back 240 ng from the poetic 265 But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch 'd, as fond and tame, And tamer than... | |
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