 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
 | George Musgrave Musgrave - 1857 - 346 pages
...and the resting place of those far away— and felt the full force of those well known lines — " Soft hour which wakes the wish and melts the heart...seas, on the first day When they from their sweet home are torn apart, And fills with love the traveller on his way, As the far distant gun-fire makes... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...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... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...Are gathered' 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... | |
 | Herbert Grey - 1860 - 346 pages
..." And a poet has expressed it, dear Rose," I answered ; " do you remember the lines beginning — ' Soft hour ! which wakes the wish, and melts the heart, Of those who sail the seas — ' " " Oh, yes," cried Rose, " I think I do. I fancy 1 do remember them, but I am not sure. Whose... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seemed stirred 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. EVEN1NG. — MUon. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 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 something... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seemed stirred 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. Byron. EVENING. CALM is the fragrant air, and loth to lose Pay's grateful... | |
 | Émile Littré - 1863 - 512 pages
...excuse pour les citations que je fais; je demande qu'on la pèse et qu'on la juge. Soft hour ! whieh wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail...pilgrim on his way, As the far bell of vesper makes hiin start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay ; Is this a fancy which our reason scorns ? Ah! surely... | |
 | Emile Littré - 1863 - 514 pages
...là. Voilà mon excuse pour les citations que je fais; je demande qu'on la pèse et qu'on la juge. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...from their sweet friends are torn apart, Or fills wilh love the pilgrim on his way, As the far bell of vesper mal;es him start, Seeming to weep the dying... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1864 - 318 pages
...dear, Are gathered 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 lancy which our reason scorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies, but... | |
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