 Ode to a Nightingale MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk...  A Third Poetry Book - Page 2421889 - 521 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...Again appears to be An unsubstantial, fairy place That is fit home for Thee ! W. Wordsworth CCXLIV ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE MY heart aches, and a drowsy...the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1863 - 564 pages
...which, of great beauty, the Ode to a Nightingale, may serve as a companion to Shelley's Skylark:— My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe- ward had sunk: "i'is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,... | |
 | Australian periodicals - 1864 - 742 pages
...personal existence of the poet than where he throws himself rather into an imaginary world : — My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...opiate to the drains, One minute past and Lethewards bad sunk : Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That them... | |
 | David Grant - English poetry - 1865 - 428 pages
...thou the ear might glad the heart, And scatter music from the sky ! BARTON. . - o THE NIGHTINGALE. heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, Oh, for a draught of vintage ! that hath been Cooled a long age in the deep delved earth, Tasting of... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Outdoor life - 1865 - 116 pages
...breathe, how short soever ; Thou that makest a day of night, Goddess excellently bright ! Ben Jonson. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. MY heart aches, and a drowsy...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-ward had sunk. 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Outdoor life - 1865 - 120 pages
...though of hemlock I had drunk; Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-ward had sunk. "Tis not through envy of thy happy lot,...light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of Summer in full-throated ease. Oh for a draught of... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...Hood" is a fine lilt, as good as any of the many ballads that have been written on the subject.] MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease. O for a draught of... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...what he fair hath made; All other fair, like flowers untimely fade. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE: Spenser. MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...But being too happy in thy happiness,— That thou, light-wing'd Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...his silver hair, And be like him, and he will then love me. W. Blake. CVIII. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. Y heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe- wards had sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,... | |
 | Enaeas Sweetland Dallas - 1866 - 362 pages
...the perfection of enjoyment is firmly maintained. K«u. Take this from Keats, where he addresses the nightingale : My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness...drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One miuute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk ; "Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy... | |
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