 Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one 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?  Anthology of English Poetry: Beowulf to Kipling - Page 203by Robert Naylor Whiteford - 1903 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1807 - 550 pages
...no one 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,...sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden sung As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...haunt, Among Arabian Sands : No sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time from, the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest...plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today ? Some natural sorrow,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...haunt, Among Arabian Sands : No sweeter voice wa» ever heard In spring-time from ,the Cuckoo-bird*. Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest...plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things,. And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay,. Familiar matter of today ? Some natural sorrow,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...shady haunt, Among Arabian Sands : No sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest...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,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...shady haunt, Among Arabian Sands : No sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest...plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles loug ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...no one 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,...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 482 pages
...haunt, Among Arabian Sands : Such thrilling voice was never heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest...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,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...haunt Among Arabian sands : IV o sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas * Among the farthest...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,... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...shady haunt, Among Arabian Sands. No sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time ftpnn the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest...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,... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - American periodicals - 1839 - 540 pages
...tell me what she sings ? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, fa r-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay,...sorrow, 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... | |
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