 Until the yearning soul looks fondly back, To clasp them, — and they vanish, once again ; — At even, — when the fight of youth is done, And sorrow — like the " searchers of the slain", — Turns up the cold, dead faces, one by one, Of prostrate...  The Literary souvenir; or, Cabinet of poetry and romance, ed. by A.A. Watts - Page 112edited by - 1832Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1832 - 428 pages
...classic shore, And lone Egeria by the gushing fount Waits for her monarch-lover never more, — ll^ho hath not his Egeria ? — some sweet thought, Shrouded...And finds that all is lost, — and walks around, 'Mid hopes that, each, has perished of its wound ; — Then, pale Egeria ! to thy moon-lit cave The... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...soundless tread, | Like lost Eurydices, from graves, retrack The long-deserted chambers of the brain, ! Until the yearning soul looks fondly back. To clasp...And finds that all is lost, — and walks around, Mid hopes that, each, has perish'd of its wound ; Then, pale Egeria ! to thy moon-lit cave The madden'd... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...soundless tread, Like lost Eurydices, from graves, rctrack The long-deserted chambers of the brain, Until the yearning soul looks fondly back, To clasp...And sorrow — like the "searchers of the slain," — j Turns up the cold, dead faces, one by one, Of prostrate joys and wishes, — but in vain ! And... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1866 - 752 pages
...soundless tread, Like lost Eurydices, from graves, retrack The long-deserted chambers of the brain, Until the yearning soul looks fondly back, To clasp...And finds that all is lost, — and walks around, 'Mid hopes that, each, has perished of its wound; — Then, pale Egeria! to thy moonlit cave The maddened... | |
 | English poetry - 1877 - 360 pages
...soundless tread, Like lost Eurydices, from graves, retrack The long-deserted chambers of the brain, Until the yearning soul looks fondly back To clasp...vain ! And finds that all is lost, and walks around Mid hopes that each has perished of its wound ; Then, pale Egeria ! to thy moonlit cave The maddened... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 290 pages
...soundless tread, Like lost Eurydices, from graves, retrack The long-deserted chambers of the brain, Until the yearning soul looks fondly back To clasp..."searchers of the slain," Turns up the cold, dead faces, oue by one, Of prostrate joys and wishes, — but in vain ! And finds that all is lost, and walks around... | |
 | Edwin Markham - American poetry - 1927 - 402 pages
...soundless tread, Like lost Eurydices, from graves, retrack The long-deserted chambers of the brain, Until the yearning soul looks fondly back To clasp...vain! And finds that all is lost, and walks around, Mid hopes that, each, has perished of its wound; Then, pale Egeria! to thy moon-lit cave To cool the... | |
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