 | 1839 - 538 pages
...sorrow, loss or pain, That has been and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore Long after... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...sorrow, joy, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - American periodicals - 1839 - 540 pages
...loss or pain, That has been and may be again ! Whate'cr the theme, the Maiden sang As if her sons; could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore Long after... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ? I listen'd, motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843 - 278 pages
...loss, or pain, That hath been and may be again ? ;** Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending, I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending. I listened, motionless and still ; And as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...matter of to-day ! Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, motionless and xtill ; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'cr the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending. I listen'd, motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened — motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listened, — motionless and still ; And when I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore Long... | |
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... tell me what she sings ?Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er... 
