Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth... Readings in English Literature - Page 262edited by - 1917 - 512 pagesFull view - About this book
| David M. Main (ed) - 1881 - 496 pages
...H Y E , B L .?V HE What if my leaves are falling like its own ! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone, Sweet though...universe, Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth ! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks,... | |
| Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 654 pages
...even as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling like its own? The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep autumnal tone, Sweet though...universe, Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks,... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...even as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling like its own! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies 1 wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...even as the forest is. What if my leaves are falling like its own I The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep autumnal tone — Sweet...universe, Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks,... | |
| John Campbell Shairp - Poetry - 1882 - 422 pages
...impetuous one ! " Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, '' Scatter,...lips to unawakened earth " The trumpet of a prophecy ! 0 Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? " This ode ends with some vigor, some hope ; but... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 498 pages
...as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling like its own ? The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep autumnal tone, Sweet though...universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks,... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 326 pages
...as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling like its own ? The tumult of iky mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep autumnal tone, Sweet though...universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth • And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 pages
...as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling like its own 1 The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep autumnal tone, Sweet though...universe, Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1883 - 734 pages
...impetuous one ! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe, Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth ; And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as...unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? (1819.) FROM 'PROMETHEUS UNBOUND.' Semickorus I. of Spirits... | |
| Samuel Andrews (M.A.) - English literature - 1884 - 312 pages
...the forest is, — What if my leaves are falling like its own ! The tumult of its mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep autumnal tone, Sweet though...universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth, And by the incantation of this verse, • Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks,... | |
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