 Twas still some solace, in the dearth Of the pure elements of earth. To hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length grew cold.  The works of ... lord Byron - Page 7by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818Full view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Z Z I. I was the eldest of the three, And to uphold and cheer the rest 1 ought to do — and did — my... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...each turn comforter to each — With eome new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold ; But oven ct the For well she know, and quaintly could expound,...were to waste the smallest crumb she found. Herbs I was tho eldest of the three ; And to uphold and cheer tho rest I ought to do, and did, my best —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 374 pages
...; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound, not full and free, As they of yore...were wont to be : It might be fancy, but to me They Tseyor sounded like our own. IT. I was the eldest of the three, And to uphold and cheer the rest I... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 168 pages
...speech, And each turn comforter to each, With some new hope or legend old, Or song heroically bold. Bat even these at length grew cold; Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound — not full and free As they of yore were wont to be ; It might be... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pages
...hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length...cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound, — not full and free, As they of yore were wont to be : It might be... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 268 pages
...hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each, "With some new hope or legend old, Or song heroically bold. But even these at length...cold ; Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound — not full and free As they of yore were wont to be ; It might be... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 246 pages
...speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically hold ; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound, — not full and free, As they of yore were wont to be : It might be... | |
 | Sarah Doudney - 1875 - 252 pages
...Chillon. Why pussy, I could almost think " 'Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound — not full and free As they of yore were "wont to be. ' " Hilda laughed outright. " Ah, Grace," she ventured to say, "it would be well for you to remember... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1878 - 772 pages
...voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound — not full and free, 65 As they of yore were wont to be : It might be fancy — but to me They never sounded like our own. I was the eldest of the three, And to uphold and cheer the rest 70 I ought to do — and did my best... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 426 pages
...hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each — With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, \ti echo of the dungeon-stone, A grating sound — not full and free, As they of yore were wont to... | |
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