 Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart ; Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way, As the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep...  In the Footprints of Dante - Page 72by Dante Alighieri - 1907 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...the evening star ; vesper, vespers. Vespers are the evening service of the Romish Church. See vigil. "Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way, As the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay ." — Byron. Vestigium, a step or print of 'the foot ; as, vestige, investigate.... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...hearthstone clings, Whate'er our household gods protect of dear, Are gather'd round us by the look of rest ; Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on'the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart ; Or fills with love the pilgrim... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...dear, Are gather'd round us by thy look of rest ; Thou bring'st the child, too, to the mother's breast. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay ; Is this a fancy which our reason scorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer. Soft hour ! whieh makes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the...the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's deeay ; Is tisis a faney whieh our reason seorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer. Soft hour ! whieh makes the wish and melts the Of those who sail the seas, on the first day ; When...Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way, As the fer bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's deeay ; Is this a faney whieh our... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer. Soft Hour! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...the far bell of Vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay; Is this a fancy which our reason scorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...; Thou bring'st the child, too, to the mother's breast. STUDY AND BEAUTIES OF WORKS OP NATURE. 237 Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...fills with love the pilgrim on his way, As the far hell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay ; Is this a fancy which our reason... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 pages
...prayer. Soft hour ! whieh makes the wish and melts the Of those who sail the seas, on the first day l When they from their sweet friends are torn apart...the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's deeay ; la this a faney whieh our reason seorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...tho above passage of Dante in tho following stanza : — Soft hour which wakes the wish and melts tho heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn opart ; Or fdls with love the pilgrim on his way, As the fur bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1857 - 450 pages
...child, too, to the mother's breast. CVIII. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart 103 Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When...the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay ; Is this a fancy which pur reason scorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but... | |
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