 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...tomb, Whose- tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray, — An eye of most transitaren*, alls the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could...but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, : listened, but I could not hear, — called, for I was wild with fear ; knew 'twas ho]>eless, but... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray, — An eye of ch on seeming. If arts and schools reply, Give arts...virtue least preferreth. And if they do reply, Spare : I listened, but I could not hear, — I called, for I ivas wild with fear; I knew 't was hopeless,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...departing rainbow's ray ; An eye of most transparent light, That almost made the dungeon bright ; 195 And not a word of murmur — not A groan o'er his...my own to raise, For I was sunk in silence — lost 200 In this last loss, of all the most ; And then the sigbs he would suppress Of fainting nature's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...days, A groan o'er his untimely lot,— A little hope my own to raise, For I was sunk in silence—lost In this last loss, of all the most ; And then the...nature's feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and les» : I listen'd, but I could not hear— I call'd, for I was wild with fear ; I knew 'twas hopeless,... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - Readers - 1872 - 168 pages
...That almost made the dungeon bright, An eye of most transparent light, And not a word of murmur—not A groan o'er his untimely lot— A little talk of...days, A little hope my own to raise, For I was sunk in silence—lost In this last loss, of all the most; And then the sighs he would suppress Of fainting... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 376 pages
...as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray ; An eye of most transparent light, That almost made the dungeon...feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and less : I listen'd, but I could not hear ; I call'd, for I was wild with fear ; I knew 't was hopeless, but... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray — An eye of " " There's none," cries he ; " and if there were, I'm grown so deaf, I could not h 1 listen' d, but I could not hear — I call'd, for I was wild with fear ; I knew 'twas hopeless, but... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1873 - 898 pages
...as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray — An eye of most transparent light, That almost made the dungeon...talk of better days, A little hope my own to raise, For-I was sunk in silence — lost In this last loss, of all the most ; And then the sighs he would... | |
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray — An eye of most transparent light, That almost made the dungeon...groan o'er his untimely lot, — A little talk of belter days, A little hope my own to raise, For I was sunk in silence — lost In this last loss, of... | |
 | English poetry - 1905 - 622 pages
...as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray — An eye of most transparent light, That almost made the dungeon...feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and less : I listened, but I could not hear — I call'd, for I was wild with fear ; I knew 'twas hopeless,... | |
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And not a word of murmur — not A groan o'er his untimely lot, A little talk of better days, A little hope my own... 
