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" Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth... "
The English elocutionist, a collection of the finest passages of poetry and ... - Page 37
by Charles Hartley - 1872
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 47

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 826 pages
...Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, Still would'st tliou sing, and I have ears ia vair. — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born...ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the fo:im Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. This is the nightingale's crown of song — the truest...
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Poets of England and America; being selections from the best authors of both ...

England - 1860 - 532 pages
...Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become« sod. vn. Thou was not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations...hath Charmed magic casements opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. vm. Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from...
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Nightingale Valley: A Collection, Including a Great Number of the Choicest ...

William Allingham - 1860 - 316 pages
...1 Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. VII. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. vm. Forlorn !...
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THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

William Harrison ainsworth - 1860 - 516 pages
...Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I Lear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor...that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn.* Shelley is another poet-laureate of this queen...
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A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! Still woulrlst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...! Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice 1 hear this passing night was heard In ancient days...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn! the...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People

Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 pages
...eldest child The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of bees on summer eve». Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been...hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

1863 - 438 pages
...summer eves. Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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The Poetical Works of John Keats

John Keats - 1863 - 496 pages
...upon the midnight with no pain,~ While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstacy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain —...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. : Forlorn !...
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The Poetical Works of John Keats

John Keats - 1863 - 370 pages
...upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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