 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? " AVhate'er the theme, the maiden sing As if her song could have no ending I saw her singing at her work, Again, inasmuch as one great duty and labour of the human mind is the attainment of truth by the logical... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Bookbinding - 1858 - 550 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...And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listen'd till I had my fill : And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whato'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her...And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listen'd till I had my fill ; And, as I mounted up the hill, The masie in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard... | |
 | Virginia De Forrest - Anthologies - 1860 - 368 pages
...That has been, and may be again ! 232 CABINET OF GEMS. AVhate'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... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1860 - 136 pages
...loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, 2 the maiden sang 25 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, 30 The music in my heart I bore, Long... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 336 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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 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 till I had my fill ; And as I mounted up the hill The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listen'd, motionless and still ; And, as 1 mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was... | |
 | Popular poetry - English poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...sorrow, loss, or pain, What has been, and may be again P Whate'er the theme, the maiden snng As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her...work, And o'er the sickle bending ; I listen'd till I had my fill And as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 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 till I had my fill; And as I mounted up the hill The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no... | |
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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... 
