 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1895 - 438 pages
...day ; We saw Thine eyes break from the East, And chase the trembling shades away : We saw Thee, and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. Poor world, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger ? Is this the best thou canst... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - Poets, English - 1900 - 296 pages
...Day ! We saw Thine eyes break from their East, And chase the trembling shades away. We saw Thee ; and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine Own sweet light. TlTYRUS. Poor world (said I), what wilt thou do To entertain this starry Stranger? Is this the best... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - Poets, English - 1900 - 290 pages
...Day ! We saw Thine eyes break from their East, And chase the trembling shades away. We saw Thee ; and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine Own sweet light. IN THE HOLY NATIVITY. 17 TlTYRUS. Poor world (said I), what wilt thou do To entertain this starry Stranger... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - American poetry - 1901 - 494 pages
...Day ; We saw Thine eyes break from their East, And chase the trembling shades away : We saw Thee (and we blest the sight), We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. Welcome, all wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span ! Summer in Winter ! Day in Night! Heaven... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1901 - 1190 pages
...eternal day; We saw Thine eyes break from the East, And chase the trembling shades away: We saw Thee, and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. Poor world, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger? Is this the best thou canst... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - 1901 - 282 pages
...Day ! We saw Thine eyes break from their East, And chase the trembling shades away. We saw Thee, and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine Own sweet light. Full Chorus Welcome, all wonders in one sight, Eternity shut in a span, Summer in Winter, Day in Night,... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - English poetry - 1904 - 434 pages
...thee in thy baulmy Nest, Young dawn of our aeternall DAY! We saw thine eyes break from their EA[S]TE And chase the trembling shades away. We saw thee;...blest the sight, We saw thee by thine own sweet light. TiVy. Poor WORLD (said I.) what wilt thou doe To entertain this starry STRANGER? Is this the best thou... | |
 | Alice Meynell - English poetry - 1904 - 388 pages
...day ; We saw Thine eyes break from the East, And chase the trembling shades away : We saw Thee, and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. Tityrus Poor world, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger ? Is thi« the best... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...Day ! We saw Thine eyes break from their east And chase the trembling shades away. We saw Thee, and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. Trr. Poor World, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry Stranger? Is this the best thou... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1907 - 892 pages
...eternal day; We saw Thine eyes break from the East, And chase the trembling shades away; We saw Thee, and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. Poor world, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger ? Is this the best thou canst... | |
| |
By those sweet eyes' persuasive powers, Where he meant frost, he scattered flowers. Chorus : By those sweet eyes', etc. BOTH : We saw Thee in Thy balmy nest, Young dawn of our eternal Day ! We saw Thine eyes break from their East, And chase the trembling... 
