 | Maghtochair (pseud.) - 1867 - 220 pages
...ne'er shall see its likeness more ; I know not if it late were free, Or broke the cage to perch on me, Or if it were in winged guise A visitant from Paradise. For, Heaven forgive that thought ! the whilo Which made me both to weep and smile, I sometimes deem'd that it might be An angel that came... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 pages
...if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for thine ! Or if it were in winged...Which made me both to weep and smile ; I sometimes deem'd that it might be My brother's soul come down to me ; But then at last away it flew, And then... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...broke its cage to perch on mine ; But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird, I could not wish for thine J Or if it were, in winged guise, A visitant from Paradise...Which made me both to weep and smile ; I sometimes deem'd that it might be My brother's soul come down to me ; But then at last away it flew, And then... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 pages
...if it late \vere free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine. But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird, I could not wish for thine ' Or if it were, in winged guise, A visitant from Paradise ; [wb1-- For — Heaven forgive that thought! ti Which made me both to weep and srtu> , I sometimes... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! ys, and at her bidding shrinks ; Such was this heaven-loved...Since all must life resign, Those sweet rewards which Hew, And then Ч was mortal, — well I knew, For lu- would never thus liave flown, And left me twice... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 468 pages
...bird with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things, And seemed to say them all for me I 8. I sometimes deemed that it might be My brother's soul...But then, at last, away it flew, — And then 'twas mortal,—well I knew ; For he would never thus have flown, And left me twice so doubly lone. 4. A... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! through a ruined cell, Or the mournful surges That...possesst. 0 Love ! who bewailest The frailty of all t tliiiii at last away it flew, And then 't was mortal, — well I knew, For ho would never thus have... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, 280 But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for thine ! Or if it were," in winged...; For — Heaven forgive that thought ! the while 285 Which made me both to weep and smile — I sometimes deem'd that it might be My brother's soul... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...For—Heaven forgive that thought ! the who» Which made me both to weep and smile— I sometimes deem'd that it might be My brother's soul come down to me ; But then at last away it flew, And then 'twas mortal—well I knew, For he would never thus have flown, And left me twice so doubly lone,— Lone—as... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1872 - 168 pages
...if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for thine! Or if it were, in winged guise, A visitant from Paradise : For—Heaven forgive that thought! the while Which made me both to weep and smile— I sometimes... | |
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... mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when None lived to love me so again, And cheering from my dungeon's brink Had brought me back to feel and think. 
