Comfort? comfort scorned of devils; this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, and when the rain is on... Poems - Página 100por Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 235 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Powell - 1849 - 324 páginas
...falsehood, by the memory of their former happiness, says that such a memory is a crown of sorrow — " Drug thy memories lest thou learn it, lest thy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, when the rain is on the roof, Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 páginas
...devils! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart...Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy widow'd marriage-pillows,... | |
| 1850 - 454 páginas
...dead unhappy night, and when the rain i on the roof. lie i dog he hnnti in dram, and thon art flaring at the wall. Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows rise and fall. Then a hand &hall paai before thee, pointing to his drankrn •Wp, To thy widowed marriage-pillow, to the tears... | |
| 1850 - 498 páginas
...that such a memory is the very crown of sorrow : "Drag thy memories, lest thoo learn it, list tliy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, and when the rain i on the roof. Like a dog he hunts in dreams, anil tliou art .'taring at the wall. Where the dying... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 290 páginas
...devils! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart...Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy widowed marriage-pillows,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 300 páginas
...devils ! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart...Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows • Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy widowed marriage-pillows,... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1851 - 216 páginas
...their former happiness, says that such a memory is a crown of sorrow — " Drug thy memories lestthou learn it. lest thy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, when the rain is on the roof, Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To... | |
| mrs. Gordon - 1851 - 324 páginas
...repressing, bear testimony to its reality, and utter the requiem of the buried Past. CHAPTER IV. '• Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep — To thy widowed marriage pillows, to the tears that thou wilt weep ; Thou flhalt hear the ' never, never,'... | |
| 1852 - 1070 páginas
...remembering happier things;' So that one is tempted to continue the strain, 'Drag thy memories, lest them learn It, lest thy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, and when the rain is on the roof.1 My heart is full enough to bid him a cordial and a grateful farewell — too full to continue... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 468 páginas
...hunts in dreams, and thou art staring at the wall, Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy widowed marriage-pillows, to the tears that thou wilt weep. Thou shalt hear the " Never, never," whispered... | |
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