 Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.  The Princess: A Medley - Page 75by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 182 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 744 pages
...the guests were reposing on broidered couches, a maiden was commanded to sing, and thus she sweetly sang : Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,...the depth of some divine despair, Rise in the heart, aud gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn-fields And thinking of the days that are no... | |
 | 1848 - 620 pages
...very beautiful to read, though scarcely fit for a harp accompaniment. It runs thus : — ' Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the henrt, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that... | |
 | East India college - 1845 - 620 pages
...whole, but when far distant from our native land, we may some day find how true the song is, — how " Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eye, When thinking of the days that are no more." '• For woman lit not undevelopt man Hut diverse... | |
 | 1847 - 1230 pages
...house . Men hated learned women." Thus too, when one of them sings, the song is sad: " Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. " Fresh as the first beam glittering on a... | |
 | 1848 - 572 pages
...occurs at the close of the poem) : " ' Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from thi depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and...happy Autumn-fields, , And thinking of the days that arc no more. ', ' Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings oar friends up from the... | |
 | 1848 - 832 pages
...a house : Mm hated learned women." Thus too, when one of them sings, the song is sad: " Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In lookin? on the happy Autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. " Fresh as the first... | |
 | Lady Emily Ponsonby - 1848 - 350 pages
...harshly of you — I think of you as I have ever done. Oh, how am I to live without you !" CHAPTER XXI. Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in...heart, and gather to -the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. TENNYSON. When Claude Hastings returned home... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 462 pages
...the earth, earthy. What I am about to read is from his last long poem, "The Princess:" Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Riso in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the... | |
 | Catherine Anne Hubback - 1851 - 926 pages
...world his exquisite lines, but Cecil's feelings cannot be more accurately described : " Tears — idle tears — I know not what they mean ; Tears from the...Rise in the heart and gather to the eyes, In looking o'er the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. ***** " Dear as remembered... | |
 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - 1852 - 388 pages
...irresistible inward sadness : and as we walked, these lines of TENNYSON came to mind : ' TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...the heart and gather to the eyes, In looking on the fading autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more ! ' There are no two sadder words in... | |
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