 Yearning for the large excitement that the coming years would yield. Eager-hearted as a boy when first he leaves his father's field, And at night along the dusky highway, near and nearer drawn, Sees in heaven the light of London flaring like a dreary...  The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Page 8Full view - About this book
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 242 pages
...Eager-hearted as a boy when first he leaves his father's field, And at night along the dusky highway near and nearer drawn, Sees in heaven the light of London flaring like a dreary dawn : And his spirit leaps within Mm to be gone before him then, Underneath the light he looks at, in among the throngs of men : Men,... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 508 pages
...Eager-hearted as a boy when first he leaves his father's field, And at night along the dusky highway near and nearer drawn ; Sees in heaven the light of London...a dreary dawn; And his spirit leaps within him to be gone before him then, Underneath the light he looks at, in among the throngs of men: — Men, my... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...Eager-hearted as a boy when first he leaves his father's field, And at night along the dusky highway near and nearer drawn, Sees in heaven the light of London flaring...a dreary dawn ; And his spirit leaps within him to be gone, before him then, Underneath the light he looks at, in among the throngs of men ; Men, my brothers,... | |
 | Sir Wyke Bayliss - Aesthetics - 1876 - 228 pages
...Eager-hearted as a boy when first he leaves his father's field, And at night along the dusky highway near and nearer drawn, Sees in heaven the light of London flaring...a dreary dawn ; And his spirit leaps within him to be gone before' him then, Underneath the light he looks at, in among the throngs of men : And he rather... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1876 - 452 pages
...Eager-hearted as a boy when first he leaves his father's field, And at night along the dusky highway near and nearer drawn, Sees in heaven the light of London flaring...a dreary dawn; And his spirit leaps within him to be gone before him then, Underneath the light he looks at, in among the throngs of men; Men, my brothers,... | |
 | Sir Wyke Bayliss - Aesthetics - 1876 - 230 pages
...Sees in heaven the light of London flaring like a dreary dawn ; And his spirit leaps within him to be gone before him then, Underneath the light he looks at, in among the throngs of men : And he rather holds it better men should perish one by one, Than that earth should stand at gaze,... | |
 | Institution of Municipal Engineers (Great Britain) - Municipal engineering - 1876 - 226 pages
...approaching the metropolis at night fully realizes the truth of the Poet Laureate's description, and " Sees in heaven the light of London, flaring like a dreary dawn." The attempts to utilize this wasted light have indeed been many ; reflectors have been placed in the... | |
 | Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors - 1876 - 226 pages
...approaching the metropolis at night fully realizes the truth of the Poet Laureate's description, and " Sees in heaven the light of London, flaring like a dreary dawn." The attempts to utilize this wasted light have indeed been many ; reflectors have been placed in the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1877 - 392 pages
...Eager-hearted as a hoy when first he leaves his father's fleld, And at night along the dnsky highway, near and nearer drawn, Sees in heaven the light of London flaring...a dreary dawn ; And his spirit leaps within him to he gone hefore him then, Underneath the light he looks at. In among the throngs of men ; Men, my hrothers,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1877 - 96 pages
...yonder ivied casement " . . 13 " Many an evening by the waters" " Go to him : it is thy duty " . " Sees in heaven the light of London flaring like a dreary dawn" . . " As » lion, creeping nigher, Glares at one that nods and winks behind a slowlydying fire " "... | |
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