 BRIGHT STAR ! would I were steadfast as thou art :— Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth's...  Dante and His Ideal - Page 49by Herbert Baynes - 1891 - 108 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Keats, Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1867 - 388 pages
..."Bright star ! would I were steadfast as thou art — Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient...task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores. Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moorsNo — yet still steadfast,... | |
 | John Keats - 1871 - 402 pages
...SONNET. BEIGHT star ! would I were steadfast as thou artNot in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient...task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors — No — yet still... | |
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...J1RIGHT Star! would I were steadfast as thou art — Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient...The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablutions round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains... | |
 | John Dennis - 1873 - 280 pages
...SONNET. BRIGHT star ! would I were steadfast as thou art,Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestly task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of... | |
 | Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1874 - 312 pages
...BRIGHT Star ! would I were steadfast as thou art — Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient...task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors :— No — yet still... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1874 - 332 pages
...Bright Star! wonld I were steadfast as thou art— Not in lone splendour hnng aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient...Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pare ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains... | |
 | Henry Austin Dobson - 1880 - 348 pages
...Bright Star ! would I were steadfast as thon art— Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient...task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors : — ' No — yet still... | |
 | David M. Main - 1880 - 506 pages
...would I were steadfast as thou art,1795-1811 •*-' Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient...task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors : — No — yet still... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 648 pages
...SONNET. Bright star ! would I were steadfast as thou artNot in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient...task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors. — No — yet still... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 650 pages
...SONNET. Bright star ! would I were steadfast as thou artNot in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient...task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors. — No — yet still... | |
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