 This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.  A Book of English Sonnets - Page 371906 - 167 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 pages
...soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that...The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.... | |
 | Brian Nelson - Meditations - 252 pages
...our chance to be more giving and forgiving than the deity who exiled Jack of the Lantern. OCTOBER 30 "This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers, For this, for everything, we are out of tune." So writes William... | |
 | Liz Rosenberg - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 214 pages
...soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that...The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for every thing, we are out of tune; It moves us not.... | |
 | Anne R. Pierce - Social Science - 2011 - 277 pages
...powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! The sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.... | |
 | W. G. Jordan - History - 2005 - 349 pages
...confession— " Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away a sordid boon f The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hoars, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers ; For this, for everything, we are out of tune;... | |
 | W. G. Jordan - History - 2005 - 349 pages
...— " Little we see in Nature that is ours ; We have given our hearts away a sordid boon f The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon ; The winds that will be howling at all hoars, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers ; For this, for everything, we are out of tune... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.... | |
 | Robin Malan - English poetry - 2007 - 316 pages
...soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that...The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.... | |
 | Richard Marius - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 228 pages
...soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that...The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; lt moves us not.... | |
 | Nancy Bogen - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 426 pages
...soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that...The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.... | |
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