 | SMITH - 1862 - 924 sivua
...music that gentlier on the lies than tired eyelids upon tired eyes." And ah ! — " How sweet it is, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes, ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ; To lend our hearts and spirits wholly To the influence of mild-minded melancholy." ***** There a... | |
 | George Herbert - 1863 - 732 sivua
...which the Lotus Eaters describe their feelings in the lovely evening land of oblivion : — " How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream With half-shut...eyes, ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, That will not leave the myrrh-butk on the height," Or... | |
 | 1863 - 744 sivua
...which the Lotus Eaters describe their feelings in the lovely evening land of oblivion : — " How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream With half-shut...eyes, ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ! To dream and dream, lite yonder amber light, That will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height." Or... | |
 | 1863 - 326 sivua
...rocky isle. BTBON. * The poet speaks of the prime minister William Pitt. THE LOTUS EATERS. How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh bush on the height ;... | |
 | 1863 - 568 sivua
...which the Lotus Eaters describe their feelings in the lovely evening land of oblivion : " How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream With half-shut...eyes, ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ! To.dream and dream, like yonder amber light, That will not leave the myrrh-buah on the Or from the... | |
 | 1863 - 478 sivua
...deep-asleep he seemed, yet all awake, And music in his ears his beating heart did make. " How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half-dream ! To hear each other's whispered speech ; Eating the Lotos, day by day, To watch the crisping... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 516 sivua
...silence ripen, fall and cease : Give us long rest or death, dark death or dreamful ease ! How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half-dream ! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the... | |
 | 1863 - 224 sivua
...el<Tep%pfteva<; fj.olpa Kad wpav TO? Trov\VTT\dvwv ovelpwv, fj davdrov Soph. Antij. 781—800. How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half-dream ! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 sivua
...All gifts below, save Truth, but grow towards an end. LYRA APOSTOLICA 99 THE LOTOS-EATERS HOW sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, with half-shut eyes ever to seem falling asleep in a half-dream! to dream and dream, like yonder amber light, which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the... | |
 | Acrostics - 1865 - 260 sivua
...as moons one year doth view — Strange tale to tell, yet not more strange than true.' 1. 'How sweet it were hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half-dream !' 2. 'A Northern Rose, the sweeter For memories of the sea, And the stern winds that reared... | |
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To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height... 
