Now, if there be footsteps, he comes, my one lover — Hush, nightingale, hush ! O, sweet nightingale, wait Till I listen and hear If a step draweth near, For my love he is late ! " The skies in the darkness stoop nearer and nearer, A cluster of stars... Poems - Page 168by Jean Ingelow - 1866 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 562 pages
...I LEANED out of window, I smelt the white clover, Dark, dark was the garden, I saw not the gate ; " Now, if there be footsteps, he comes, my one lover...of the water comes sweeter, comes clearer : To what an thou listening, and what dost thou see ? Let the star-clusters glow, Let the sweet waters flow,... | |
| Jean Ingelow - 1866 - 82 pages
...LEANED out of window, I smelt the white clover, -*- Dark, dark was the garden, I saw not the gate ; " Now, if there be footsteps, he comes, my one lover...hear If a step draweth near. For my love he is late ! H! Si Songs of Seven. " The skies in the darkness stoop nearer and nearer, A cluster of stars hangs... | |
| 1871 - 476 pages
...LEANED out of window, I smelt the white clover, Dark, dark was the garden, I saw not the gate ; '•' Now if there be footsteps, he comes, my one lover...nearer and nearer, A cluster of stars hangs like fruit on the tree: The fall of the water comes sweeter, comes clearer ; — To what art thou listening, and... | |
| 1873 - 526 pages
...I LEANED out of window, I smelt the white clover, Dark, dark was the garden, I saw not the gate ; ' Now, if there be footsteps, he comes, my one lover — Hush, nightingale, hush IO sweet nightingale, wait Till I listen and hear If a step draweth near, For my love he is late I... | |
| Jean Ingelow - 1876 - 802 pages
...leaned out of window, I smelt the white clover, Dark, dark was the garden, I saw not the gate ; 44 Now, if there be footsteps, he comes, my one lover...sweeter, comes clearer : To what art thou listening, ar*d what dost thou see ? Let the star-clusters grow, Let the sweet waters flow, And cross quickly... | |
| 1876 - 508 pages
...I LEANED out of window, I smelt the white dover, Dark, dark was the garden, I saw not the gate ; " Now if there be footsteps, he comes, my one lover — Hush, nightingale, hush ! O, sweet n-ghtingale, wail Till I listen and hear If a step draweth near; For my love, he is late ! "The skies... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...THREE. I LEANED out of window, I smelt the white clover, Dark, dark was the garden, I saw not the gate ; "Now, if there be footsteps, he comes, my one lover — . Hush, nightingale, hush ! 0 sweet nightingale, wait Till I listen and hear If a step draweth near, For my love he is late !... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...not the gate ; "Now, if there te footsteps, lie comes, my one lover — I lu-h, nightingale, hush ! 0 sweet nightingale, wait Till I listen and hear If...sweeter, comes clearer : To what art thou listening, aud what dost thou see? Let the star-clusters glow, Let the sweet waters flow, And cross quickly to... | |
| Henrietta A. Duff - 1877 - 294 pages
...it was so all the time. Such things have been seen here before. " CHAPTER VIII. A PASTORAL VISIT. " The skies in the darkness stoop nearer and nearer;...stars hangs like fruit in the tree ; The fall of the waters comes sweeter, comes clearer : To what art thou listening and what dost thou see ? " JEAN INGELOW.... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...not the gate ; "Now, if there be footsteps, he comes, my une . lover — Hush, nightingale, hush ! 0 r grew, and tenderer to the last, Shall it expire...Hulbert"+ Wilson James Grant" James Grant Wilson( fhoti listening, and what dost thou see ? Let the star-clusters glow, Let the sweet waters How, And... | |
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