 No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind...  The Life and Times of Hugh Miller - Page 332by Thomas N. Brown - 1859 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1877 - 506 pages
...mellow music matched with him. O life as futile, then as frail ! 0 for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress Behind the veil, behind the veil ?" JOHN CLIFFORD. iitk THERE is true humour in the following story : Once upon a time there lived an... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Grief - 1850 - 228 pages
...mellow music rnatch'd with him. 0 life as futile, then, as frail ! 0 for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil. 81 LTI. PEACE, come away : the song of woe Is after all an earthly song : Peace, come away ; we do... | |
 | 1850 - 1050 pages
...music match'd with him. " O life, as futile, then, as frail ! 0 for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer or redress ? — Behind the veil, behind the veil." And is it for such helpless ignorance as this, to assume airs of inflated superiority ¥ Ignorance,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail ! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil. 81 LVI. PEACE, come away : the song of woe Is after all an earthly song : Peace, come away ; we do... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 1851 - 422 pages
...mellow music match'd with him. 0 life as futile, then, as frail ! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil. LVI. PEACE, come away : the song of woe Is after all an earthly song : Peace, come away ; we do him... | |
 | William Rathbone Greg - Bible - 1851 - 336 pages
...towards Truth, who is casting side glances all the while on the prospects of his Soul."—MARttNBAU. ** What hope of answer or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil." TBNNY8ON. PREFACE. THIS work was commenced in the year 1845, and was finished two years ago. Thus much... | |
 | 1884 - 874 pages
...in durknoss: let it grow. Life is but futile here, and frail. Oil for Thy voice to soothe and bless! What hope of answer or redress? Behind the veil! behind the veil!'' There is ono question which in our day seems to be most absorbing and transcendant; it is the old question,... | |
 | William John Conybeare - English fiction - 1856 - 360 pages
...Why have I never been gifted with this beatific vision, for which now I thirst ? Yain questions ! ' What hope of answer or redress ? Behind the veil. Behind the veil.' " The music changes. She is singing Pergolesi's Agnus Dei now — the Agnus we used to sing together. Oh,... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 642 pages
...Why have I never been gifted with this beautiful vision, for which now I thirst? Vain questions ! — "What hope of answer or redress? Behind the veil — behind the veil/ The music changes. She is singing Pergolesi's 'Agnus Dei ' now — the 'Agnus ' we used to sing together.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1857 - 592 pages
...discord, dragons of the prime, That tore each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him, 0 life, as futile then as frail ! Oh ! for thy voice to soothe and bless 1 What hope of answer and redress Behind the vail, behind the vail !" This is doubtless noble poetry, and although Miller... | |
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