 ware, So weeping, how a mystic Shape did move Behind me, and drew me backward by the hair; And a voice said in mastery, while I strove, — 'Guess now who holds thee?' - 'Death,' I said. But, there, The silver answer rang, — 'Not Death, but Love.  Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age - Page 27edited by - 1857Full view - About this book
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...drew me backwards by the hair And a voice said in mastery, while I strove "Guess now who holds the>' "Death," I said; but there The silver answer rang,- " Not Death, but Love." THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN.* Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers, Ere the sorrow comes with... | |
 | George Barnett Smith - 1875 - 458 pages
...backward by the hair ; And a voice said in mastery, while I strove : — " Guess now who holds thee ?" " Death," I said. But there, The silver answer rang, " Not Death, but Love ! '" Then comes a description of love, whose powei nothing can conquer, and which man is helpless to... | |
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