 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Stopped for a while, and sighed to answer, — '"No." And thou. serenest moon. That, with such lovely face, Dost look upon the earth. Asleep in night's...round Hast thou not seen some spot Where miserable man May find a happier lot ? Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in woe, And a voice, sweet but sad, responded,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1840 - 228 pages
...perpetual flow, Stopp'd for awhile, and sigh'd, to answer " No ! " And thou, serenest moon, That, with such holy face, Dost look upon the earth Asleep in night's...Hast thou not seen some spot, Where miserable man i Might find a happier lot ? ., , | BehhuJ'a cloud, the moon withdrew in woe, ,-. And a voice sweet,... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1841 - 412 pages
...— " No !" And thou, serenest moon, That with such lovely face, Dost look upon the earth asleep — Asleep in night's embrace — Tell me, in all thy...Hast thou not seen some spot, Where miserable man May find some happier lot ? Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in woe, And a voice sweet, but sad, responded... | |
 | Ireland - 1841 - 436 pages
...perpetual flow, Stopp'd for a while, and sigh'd, to answer " No !* And thou, sercnest moon, That, with such holy face. Dost look upon the earth Asleep in night's embrace, Tell me, in all thy round W. Hast thou not seen some spot, Where miserable man • . Might find a happier lot ? Behind a cloud,... | |
 | 1846 - 656 pages
...flow, Stopped for a while, and sighed to answer, " No." And thou, serenest moon, That with such placid face Dost look upon the earth Asleep in night's embrace...not seen some spot, Where miserable man Might find a happy lot ? Behind the cloud the moon withdrew in woe, And a voice sweet, but sad, responded, " No."... | |
 | Elbridge Gerry Paige - American essays - 1845 - 182 pages
...! MAN DESIROUS OF CHANGE. TEXT. — 0, thou serenest moon, That with such holy face, Dost look down upon the earth Asleep in night's embrace, Tell me,...spot Where miserable man Might find a happier lot ? MY HEARERS — I suppose we are as restless a set of mortals as ev«r peopled a planet. We don't... | |
 | E. Lloyd, A squatter, E. L. - Australia - 1846 - 206 pages
...Stopp'd for a while, and sigh'd to answer, " No !" * E 5 " And thou, serenest Moon ! that with such holy face Dost look upon the earth asleep in Night's embrace—- Tell me, in all thy round, hast them not seen some spot Where miserable man might find a happier lot ? Behind a cloud the Moon withdrew... | |
 | Thomas Sadler - 1847 - 146 pages
...perpetual flow, Stopped for awhile, and sighed to answer—No ! And thou, serenest moon, That with such holy face Dost look upon the earth, Asleep in night's...in all thy round Hast thou not seen some spot Where man, poor wanderer, Might find a happier lot ? Behind the cloud the moon withdrew in woe, And a voice... | |
 | American literature - 1847 - 434 pages
...answer, " No." And thou, serenest moon, That, with such holy face, Dost look upon the world Asleep to night's embrace ; Tell me, in all thy round, Hast...spot Where miserable man Might find a happier lot 1 Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in wo; And a voice, sweet but sad, responded, ': No." Tell me, my... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 726 pages
...Stopp'd for awhile, and sighed to answer, " No ! " POETRY. And thon, serenest moon. That with such holy face Dost look upon the earth Asleep in night's...embrace, Tell me, in all thy round, Hast thou not Been some spot Where miserable man Might find a happier lot ? Behind the cloud the moon withdrew in... | |
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... spot, Some island far away, Where weary man may find The bliss for which he sighs — =• Where sorrow never lives, And friendship never dies? The loud waves, rolling in perpetual flow, Stopped for a while and sighed to answer, 
