Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's... The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Página 17por Thomas Gray - 1821 - 134 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - 394 páginas
...went on with the poem, he came to a passage where his historical notes gave him no assistance. — " ' No more I weep. They do not sleep ; On yonder cliffs,...join, And weave, with bloody hands, the tissue of thy line.' " Godfrey could not make any sense of this passage ; he did not know who wept — who slept—... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - 382 páginas
...historical notes gave him no assistance. — " ' No more I weep. They do not sleep ; On yonder clifls, a grisly band, I see them sit ; they linger yet, Avengers...join, And weave, with bloody hands, the tissue of thy line.' " Godfrey could not make any sense of this passage ; he did not know who wept — who slept... | |
| 1836 - 558 páginas
...and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Deart as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries No more 1 weep. They do not sleep: On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit ; they linger yet, Avengers... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 páginas
...own numbers any thing that deserved approbation, he had learned it all from Dryden." — BEATTIE.] On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit, they...they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line. II. 1. " ' Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 538 páginas
...and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear, as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear, as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died...country's cries No more I weep. They do not sleep. (l) ["One of the greatest poets of this century, the late and much lamented Mr. Gray of Cambridge,... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1838 - 660 páginas
...Cadwallo, Urien, and Modred, " Whose magic song, " Made huge Plenlimmon bow his cloud top't head." " These do not sleep, " On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, "...dreadful harmony they join, " And weave with bloody bands the tissue of thy line." To be sure, the gracious and youthful being who now represents this... | |
| Margaret Richardson - 1839 - 236 páginas
...of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm'd my heart, Ye died amidst your dying Country's cries....join, And weave, with bloody hands, the tissue of thy line." GRAY'S BARD. Ah ! where are now the minstrels gone, Who sung the song, of days gone by ?... | |
| Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 páginas
...represents the objects of his imagination as actually before his eyes and present to his senses ; as, " On yonder cliffs a grisly band, I see them sit, they linger yet, Avengers of their native land." — Gray. VIII. Apostrophe is a turning from the regular course of the subject into an animated address... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 páginas
...eagles used annuDear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's criesNo more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit, they linger... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 páginas
...and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died...they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line. n. " Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race : Give ample... | |
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