 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
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not sea I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...crevice where it came That bird was perched, as fond and tam And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things,... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 pages
...I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track; 26° upon the tree; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things, And seemed to... | |
 | 1925 - 1012 pages
...588; De la Mare, Winter Dusk 8; Drinkwater, The Fires of God 28 — 9. Other instances: Byron. But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track, Pris. of Chillon 259 — 60. Prose: But then, by dull degrees, my senses came back to etc. Tennyson.... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 pages
...eyes Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery; But in Afrasiab's gardens now With Tartar girls, with whom thou art 2<5 ° I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before, I saw the glimmer of the... | |
 | 1926 - 780 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...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... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But lively, but above all, love. I am apt to believe the English la 260 I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before, I saw the glimmer of the sun... | |
 | Tjeerd Popma - 1928 - 444 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...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... | |
 | Frederick Earle Emmons, Thomas Waterman Huntington - 1928 - 454 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...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... | |
 | Arthur Beatty - 1928 - 582 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 - 1994 - 884 pages
...Ban 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 ; I saw the dungeon wells and floor Close slowly round me as before, I saw the glimmer of the sun Creeping as it before... | |
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