 | 1901 - 702 pages
...as if the world were wholly fair." — Tennyson : The Passing of Arthur, I. 18. " Four voices . . . Swell out and fail, as if a door Were shut between me and the sound." — Tennyson : In Memoriam, I. 441. " The little birds sang as if it were The one day of summer in... | |
 | 1900 - 1050 pages
...as if the world were wholly fair." — Tennyson : The Passing of Arthur, I. 18. " Four voices . . . Swell out and fail, as if a door Were shut between me and the sound." — Tennyson : In Memoriam, I. 441. " The little birds sang as if it -were The one day of summer in... | |
 | John Marshall Lang - 1880 - 306 pages
...coming yet for a' that, That man to man the world o'er Shall brothers be for a' that." Well, soon shall "the Christmas bells from hill to hill answer each other in the mist." Ever as these bells sound men are reminded of peace and good will, — are anew charged with the fulfilment... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1881 - 502 pages
...when I sorrow most ; *T is better to have loved and lc«t Than never to have loved at all. XXVIII. THE time draws near the birth of Christ '. The moon...me and the sound : Each voice four changes on the wino, That now dilate, and now decrease, Peace and good-will, good-will and peace^ Peace and good-will,... | |
 | George Milner - 1881 - 370 pages
...suit the circumstances of the present night, and which are among the sweetest in the language : — The time draws near the birth of Christ : The moon...between me and the sound : Each voice four changes in the wind, That now dilate, and now decrease, Peace and goodwill, goodwill and peace, Peace and goodwill,... | |
 | Alfred Cooper Fryer - 1881 - 244 pages
...that strange visit with the North Wind to Schlaraffenland. CHAPTER XII. DECEMBER — CHRISTMAS EVE. " The time draws near the birth of Christ, The moon...from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist." — Tennyson. ,VER hill and dale flew the North Wind. Harold was with him, but November had said goodbye,... | |
 | Henry Thomas Ellacombe - 1881 - 252 pages
...blest. September, 1S52. Dublin L'nircnUg Mayazinc. 39 THE MERRY MERRY BELLS OF YULE. By Alfred Tennyson. The time draws near the birth of Christ : The moon...Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the midst. Four voices of four hamlets round, From far and near, 011 mead and moor, Swell out and fail,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1881 - 742 pages
...of sheet and shroud, Westeer'd her toward a crimson cloud That landlike slept along the deep. CIV. The time draws near the birth of Christ ; The moon is hid, the night is still ; A single church below the hill Is pealing, folded in the mist. A single peal of bells below, That... | |
 | Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1881 - 312 pages
...in the pictures which he himself has drawn of the Lincolnshire home, and the happy gatherings when "The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist," In Mentor, XXVIII. in what we know of the brothers, three of whonj shared in different measures, the... | |
 | Una Crichton (fict.name.) - 1882 - 412 pages
...wondered as she looked, and went to sleep with that beautiful word Freude still on her lips. CHAPTER XIX. The time draws near the birth of Christ ; ' The moon...bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist. — TENNYSON. MILDRED DE VAUX'S visit to Dresden was a bright episode in Una's life, and one which... | |
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The time draws near the birth of Christ; The moon is hid, the night is still; A single church below the hill Is pealing, folded in the mist. A single peal of bells below, That wakens at this hour of rest A single murmur in the breast, That these are not... 
