Love took up the harp of life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight. Poems - Page 95by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - English literature - 1864 - 516 pages
...they should do me wrong; " Saying, "Dost thou love me, cousin?" weeping, "I have loved thee [long. " Love took up the glass of Time, and turn'd it in his...itself in golden sands. Love took up the harp of life, andsmoteonallthe chords with might; Smotethe chordof self, that, trembling, pass'din musicout of sight.... | |
| Ellen Wood - 1864 - 368 pages
...Chesney, and she had been glad that it should never pass. Love took up the glass of time and turned it in his glowing hands Every moment, lightly shaken,...sands. Love took up the harp of life, and smote on all its cords with might ; Smote the chord of self, which, trembling, passed in music out of sight. CHAPTER... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1864 - 514 pages
...Sayiag, ''Dust thou love me, cousin?" wceping, "1 have luvcd thce [long. " Love took up the glass ofTime, and turn'd it in his glowing hands; Every moment,...ran itself in golden sands. Love took up the harp oflife, andsmoteonalltho chords with might ; Smote the chord of self, that, trembling, pass'd in musiuout... | |
| Frederick Martin - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 318 pages
...which suddenly broke in upon him. John Clare fell in love. ' Love took up the glass of Time, and turned it in his glowing hands ; Every moment, lightly shaken,...Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.' John Clare's first love — the deepest, noblest, and purest love of his whole life — was for ' Mary,'... | |
| Henry Washington Hilliard - 1865 - 556 pages
...read the future. CHAPTER XV. '* LOVE took up the glass of time, and turned it in his glowing handa ; Every moment, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden...might ; Smote the chord of self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight." TENNYSON. we submit ourselves to an ordeal which is to prove us worthy... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...Saying, " Dost thou love me, cousin ?" weeping, " I have Love took up the glass of Time, and turned it in his glowing hands ; Every moment, lightly shaken,...with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight. Many a morning on the moorland did we hear the copses ring, And her whisper... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1866 - 398 pages
...thee long." Love took up the glass of Time, and turned it in his glowing hands ; Every moment, hghtly shaken, ran itself in golden sands. Love took up the...might ; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight. Many a morning on the moorland did we hear the copses ring, And her whisper... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 pages
...should do me wrong ; " Saying, " Dost thou love me, cousin ? " weeping, " I have loved thee long." Love took up the glass of Time, and turn'd it in....Every moment, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden winds. Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might ; SUN "5 the chord of... | |
| Dennis de Berdt Hovell - 1866 - 138 pages
...to sacrifice the claims of worldly prudence and self-interest. He took up the Glass of Time, turned it in his glowing hands ; Every moment lightly shaken, ran itself in golden sands. He took up the Harp of Life, struck upon its chords with might, Smote the chord of Self, which, tremhling,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1866 - 406 pages
...thou love me, cousin?" weeping, "I have loved thee long." Love took up the glass of Time, and turn d it in his glowing hands ; Every moment, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might ; Smote the chord of Self, that,... | |
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