 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
 | 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... | |
 | 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 - 422 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... | |
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