 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...death : A sea of stagnant idleness, Blind, boundless, mute, and motionless ! A light broke in upon ; And brightly Unit moment could not see I was the mate oí misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 468 pages
...life nor death. 2. A light broke in upon my brain,— It was the carol of a bird; It ceased,—and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard; And mine was thankful till my eyes Ban over with the glad surprise ; But then, by dull degrees, came back My senses to their wonted track;... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1872 - 168 pages
...nor death ; A sea of stagnant idleness, Blind, boundless, mute, and motionless! A light broke in upon my brain,— It was the carol of a bird ; It ceased,...mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track, I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before,... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...neither was of life nor death : A sea of stagnant idleness, Blind, boundless, mute, and motionless ! along, And a voice, as of angels, enchantingly sung...Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world, Kan over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...death; A sea of stagnant idleness, Blind, boundless, mute, and motionless ! 250 X. A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird ; It ceased,...ear ever heard, And mine was thankful till my eyes 255 Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...it before had done, But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch'd, as fond and tauMi It was the carol of a bird ; It ceased, and then it came again, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...neither was of life nor death — A sea of stagnant idleness, Blind, boundless, mute, and motionless. ee days we've fled My senses to their wonted track : I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 374 pages
...death ; A sea of stagnant idleness, Blind, boundless, mute, and motionless ! A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird ; It ceased,...mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track ; I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 168 pages
...death; A sea of stagnant idleness, Blind, boundless, mute, and motionless. VII. A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird ; It ceased,...mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track : I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1873 - 348 pages
...silence, — and a stirless breath — Which neither was of life — nor death. A light — broke in upon my brain,— It was the carol — of a bird; It ceased,...till my eyes Ran over — with the glad surprise; But then — by dull degrees — came back My senses — to their wonted track; I saw the dungeon walls... | |
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A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird ; It ceased, and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard... 
