EVE. DEEP on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling to the moon: My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the creeping hours That lead me to my... The Christian Remembrancer - Page 571842Full view - About this book
| 1918 - 2062 pages
...moon: My breath to heaven like vapor goes: May my soul follow soon! The shadows of the convent-towers , Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires,...And cracked with curses the hoarse refrain: "Here's soiled and dark, To yonder shining ground; As this pale taper's earthly spark, To yonder argent round;... | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1918 - 1116 pages
...My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. As this pale talx:r's earthly spark, To yonder aigent round ; So shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1920 - 1090 pages
...My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon 1 The shadows of the convent-towers Hg! PE F ^oil'd and dark, To yonder shining ground; As this pale taper's earthly spark, To yonder argent round;... | |
| Arthur Cecil Perry - 1921 - 168 pages
...milk sour. 16. "Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime." — Longfellow. 17. "Make thou my spirit pure and clear As are the frosty skies." — Tennyson. 18. "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." — Shakespeare. B. Analyze graphically... | |
| Clarence Edward Andrews, Milton Oswin Percival - 1924 - 624 pages
...: My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...shining ground; As this pale taper's earthly spark, ^^x To yonder argent round ; So shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thee; So in mine earthly... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1924 - 774 pages
...My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-towers 5 Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...my spirit pure and clear As are the frosty skies, 10 Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. As these white robes are soil'd and dark,... | |
| George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 pages
...moon: My breath to heaven like vapor goes: May my soul follow soon! The shadows of the convent-towers e line. He never joined with the other boys in their...winter, when he took a pleasure in + I0 Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. As these white robes are soil'd and dark,... | |
| George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 pages
...The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the creeping hours er shall his wrath or might "° Extort from me. To bow and s I0 Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. As these white robes are soil'd and dark,... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-lowers Slant down the snowy sward, 6 Still creeping with I he anly 12 As these white robes are soil'd and dark, To yonder shining ground ; As this pale taper's earthly... | |
| Thomas Walsh - 1927 - 582 pages
...moon: My breath to heaven like vapor goes: May my soul follow soon! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward. Still creeping with the...to my Lord: Make Thou my spirit pure and clear As arc the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year As these white robes are soiled and dark,... | |
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