 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
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1918 - 424 pages
...floor Close slowly round me as before ; I saw the glimmer of the sun Creeping as it before had done, 25 But through the crevice where it came That 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... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - 1919 - 572 pages
...And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery; But then by dull degrees came back 260 My senses to their wonted track; I saw the dungeon...glimmer of the sun Creeping as it before had done, 265 But through the crevice where it came That bird was perched, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1921 - 450 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... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 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...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... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1924 - 404 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 Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - 1923 - 864 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... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1924 - 486 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...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... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But aling organ blow, To the full The bird was perch'd, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 966 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...I saw the glimmer of the sun Creeping as it before hod done, But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch'd, as fond and tame.. And tamer... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, Clarence Stratton - 1922 - 648 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... | |
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