 Come down, O maid, from yonder mountain height What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang) In height and cold, the splendour of the hills ? But cease to move so near the Heavens, and cease To glide a sunbeam by the blasted Pine, To sit a star upon...  The Princess, Maud, Locksley Hall, and The Talking Oak - Page 147by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 339 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1861 - 814 pages
...(the shepherd sang), In height and cold, the splendour of the hills ? But cease to move so near tho heavens, and cease To glide a sunbeam by the blasted...come, For love is of the valley — come thou down." As an old bachelor, we find the notions of our youth already grown antiquated. We are, in fact, in... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1848 - 180 pages
...: What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang) In height and cold, the splendour of the hills? But cease to move so near the Heavens, and cease To glide a sunheam by the blasted Pine, To sit a star upon the sparkling spire ; And come, for Love is of the... | |
 | 1850 - 600 pages
...What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang)— In height and cold, the splendor of the hills? But cease to move so near the Heavens, and cease To...come thou down And find him ! by the happy threshold, be, Or hand in hand with Plenty in the maize, Or red with spirted purple of the vats, Or foxlike in... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pages
...What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang) — In height and cold, the splendor of the hills? But cease to move so near the Heavens, and cease To...the valley, come, For Love is of the valley, come thon down And find him ! by the happy threshold, he, 70 TENNYSON, AND THE SCHOOLS OF POETRY. 71 Or... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 300 pages
...What pleasure lives in height, (the shepherd sang,) In height and cold, the splendor of the hills ? But cease to move so near the Heavens, and cease To...sit a star upon the sparkling spire ; And come, for Lore is of the valley, come, For Love is of the valley, come thou down And find him ; by the happy... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1852 - 216 pages
...valley. Do you remember in Tennyson's " Princess," the "small, sweet idyl," which she read? Come down, 0 maid, from yonder mountain height ; What pleasure...threshold, he, Or hand in hand with plenty in the maize, Or fox-like in the vine; nor cares to walk With Death and Morning on the Silver Horns ; Nor wilt thou... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1852 - 214 pages
...What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang), In height and cold, the splendour of the hills ? But cease to move so near the heavens, and cease To...hand in hand with plenty in the maize, Or red with spurted purple of the vats, Or fox-like in the vine : nor cares to walk With Death and Morning on the... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1854 - 222 pages
...valley. Do you remember in Tennyson's " Princess," the "small, sweet idyl," which she read? Come down, 0 maid, from yonder mountain height; What pleasure lives...hand in hand with plenty in the maize, Or red with spurted purple of the vats, Or fox-like in the vine; nor cares to walk With Death and Morning on the... | |
 | Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 486 pages
...What pleasure lives in height, (the shepherd sang), In height and cold, the splendour of the hills ? But cease to move so near the heavens, and cease To...threshold, he, Or hand in hand with Plenty in the maize, Stands, about to undergo its last trial. But the hour crawls on, and perhaps whenever to me also Old... | |
 | 1871 - 776 pages
...: What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang). In height and cold, the splendor of the hills? But cease to move so near the heavens, and cease To glide a sunbeam by the blasted pine. To sifa star upon the sparkling ?pire : And ' come, for Love is cfthe valley, come, For Love is of the... | |
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