 But to us comes no cheering, To Duncan no morrow ! The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When...  Apis matina: Verses translated and original - Page 22by Edward Mallet Young - 1900 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...are searcst, But our flower was in flushing When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot on the correi,1 $ »lumber! Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain,... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...was a wild expression of lamentation poured forth by the mourners over the body of a departed friend. Fleet foot on the correi ', Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray 2, How sound is thy slumber ! Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot on the corei,* Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, How...bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever ! THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. — Mrs. Southey. TEEAD softly, — bow the head, — In reverent silence... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Tracts - 1846 - 282 pages
...was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot on the correi,* Sage counsel in cumber, Eed hand in the foray, How sound is thy slumber ! Like...bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever I SONG. THE heath this night must he my bed, The bracken curtain for my head, My lullaby the warder's... | |
 | Arthur James Johnes - Comparative linguistics - 1846 - 348 pages
...the forest, Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest. " Fleet foot on the corrie Sage counsel in cumber Red hand in the foray, How sound is thy slumber! " To this passage Sir Walter Scott has added the following note: f " Corrie or Cori. The hollow side... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 pages
...would object, too, to such an accumulation of strange words as occurs in these three lines : — " ' Fleet foot on the correi; Sage counsel in Cumber ; Red hand in the foray,' " &c. Nor can we relish such babyish verses as " ' He will return : — dear lady, trust : — With... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...would object, too, to such an accumulation of strange words as occurs in these three lines : — " ' Fleet foot on the correi; Sage counsel in Cumber ; Red hand in the foray,' " &c. Nor can we relish such babyish verses as " ' He will return : — dear lady, trust : — With... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 726 pages
...The evening shades appear. Reminding us how soon The night of death draws near. LEAVING THIS WORLD. LIKE the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river. Like a bubble of the fountain, We ai-e gone — and for ever 1 CLOUDS BRING BLESB1NGS. OPTBN the clouds... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 pages
...rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot on the correi,* Sage counsel in cumber,...bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever ! sion of lamentation, poured forth by the mourners over the body of a departed friend. When the words... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1851 - 1502 pages
...mount'ain. He is lost' to the for'est, Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest : Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the...Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and forever ! — SCOTT. ANAPESTIC TRIMETER. Formula xxaXS. § 696. In the following accented lines there... | |
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