Ay, be silent ! Let them hear each other breathing For a moment, mouth to mouth — Let them touch each other's hands, in a fresh wreathing Of their tender human youth ! Let them feel that this cold metallic motion Is not all the life God fashions or... The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Page 130by Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1844Full view - About this book
| England - 1843 - 832 pages
...mouth to mouth ; Let them touch each other's hands, in a fresh wreathing Of their tender human youth ; Let them feel that this cold metallic motion Is not all the life God giveth them to use ; Let them prove their inward souls against the notion That they live in yon, or... | |
| 1862 - 120 pages
...CHAPTERS ON THE CHEERFUL AND JOYOUS IN LITERATURE AND ART. BY CHARLES GODFREY LELAND. CHAPTER EIGHTH. ' LET them feel that this cold metallic motion Is not all the life GOD giveth them to feel ; Let them prove their inward souls against the notion, That they live in you or... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1857 - 830 pages
...to mouth : Let us touch each other's hands in a fresh wreathing Of our tender, human youth ; Let us feel that this cold, metallic motion Is not all the life God fashions or reveals. Let us prove our innocent souls against the notion That we lire in you, or under you, 0 wheels ! Still... | |
| Scotland - 1843 - 1380 pages
...mouth to mouth ; Let them touch each other's hands, in a fresh wreathing Of their tender human youth ; Let them feel that this cold metallic motion Is not all the life God giveth them to use ; Let them prove their inward souls against the notion That they live in you, or... | |
| University magazine - 1845 - 772 pages
...in a fresh wreathing Of their tender human youth ! Let them feel that this cold metallic motion I- not all the life God fashions or reveals — Let them...!— Still, all day, the iron wheels go onward, As if Fato in each were stark ; And the children's souls, which God is calling sunward, Spin on blindly in... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...mouth ; [wreathing Let them touch each other's hands, in a fresh Of their tender human youth ; Lot them feel that this cold metallic motion Is not all the life God giveth them to feel ; Let them prove their inward souls against the notion That they live in you, or... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...youth ; Let them feel that this cold metallic motion, Is not all the life God giveth them to feel ; Let them prove their inward souls against the notion That they live in you, or under you, O wheel ! Still, all day, the iron wheels go onward, As if fate in each were stark ! And the children's... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...mouth to mouth ; [wreathing Let them touch each other's hands, ma fresh Of their tender human youth ; Let them feel that this cold metallic motion Is not all the life God giveth them to feel ; Let them prove theirinward souls against the notion That they live in you, or... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...mouth to mouth ; Let them touch each other's hands, in a fresh wreathing, Of their tender human youth ; Let them feel that this cold metallic motion, Is not all the life God giveth them to feel ; Let them prove their inward souls against the notion That they live in you, or... | |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1850 - 318 pages
...to mouth — Let them touch each other's hands, in a fresh wreathing Of their tender human youth ! Let them feel that this cold metallic motion Is not...against the notion That they live in you, or under you, 0 wheels ! — Still, all day, the iron wheels go onward, As if Fate in each were stark ; And the children's... | |
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