 Of the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years, Who each one in a gracious hand appears To bear a gift for mortals, old or young: And, as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy...  THE GOLDEN TREASURY - Page 32by FRANCIS T. PALGRAVE - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Amelia B. Edwards - Poetry - 1878 - 358 pages
...mortals, old and young; And as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw a gradual vision through my tears, The sweet sad years, the melancholy years,...how a mystic shape did move Behind me, and drew me backwards by the hair, And a voice said in mastery, while I strove, "Guess now who holds thee?" "Death,"... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - English poetry - 1878 - 376 pages
...me. Straightway I was 'ware. So weeping, how a mystic shape did move Behind me, and drew me backwards by the hair, And a voice said in mastery, while I...silver answer rang, — "Not Death, but Love." EB Browming. LOVESIGHT. WHEN do I see thee most, beloved one? When in the light the spirits of mine eyes... | |
 | Alice Price - 1878 - 408 pages
...who got up and walked off, leaving them together. CHAPTEE XXXII. " WHEN THE BATTLE'S LOST AND WON." " Guess now who holds thee ? " — " Death," I said....answer rang, — " Not Death, but Love." EB BROWNING. ON the next Sunday afternoon the doctor allowed Will to move out of his room for the first time, to... | |
 | Anna Louisa Hildebrand - Irish poetry - 1879 - 180 pages
...mortals, old or young : And, as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years,...The silver answer rang — " Not Death, but Love." ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. SONNETS. Miscellaneous. THE HAPPINESS OF SONG. dost esteem me happy that... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...mortals, old and young; And as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw a gradual vision through my tears, The sweet sad years, the melancholy years,...how a mystic shape did move Behind me, and drew me backwards by the hair, And a voice said in mastery, while I strove, "Guess now who holds thee?" "Death,"... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 pages
...mortals, old or young : And, as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years,...The silver answer rang — 'Not Death, but Love.' IV. Thou hast thy calling to some palace floor, Most gracious singer of high poems ! where The dancers... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...mortals, old or young : And, as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years,...The silver answer rang — 'Not Death, but Love.' IV. Thou hast thy calling to some palace floor, Most gracious singer of high poems ! where The dancers... | |
 | David M. Main - Sonnets, English - 1880 - 490 pages
...mortals, old or young : And, as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years,...The silver answer rang, — 'Not Death, but Love.' CCCCXIII 2 TF thou must love me, let it be for nought ^^RET™ *• Except for love's sake only. Do... | |
 | David M. Main - 1880 - 506 pages
...mortals, old or young : And, as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years,...The silver answer rang,—' Not Death, but Love.' CCCCXIII TF thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say BROWNIHG... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...mortals old and young ; And as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw a gradual vision through my tears ; The sweet sad years, the melancholy years, Those of my own life, who by turns had flung ['ware, A shadow across me. Straightway I was So weeping, how a mystic shape did move Behind me, and... | |
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