 | 1850 - 464 pages
...heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his... | |
 | 1870 - 726 pages
...toil and endeavours — And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gush from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer,...tears from the eyelids start. Who through long days of labour, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard on his soul the music Of wonderlul melodies. Such songs... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 530 pages
...Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time " j — but, " from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his...Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. " Such songs have power to quiet The... | |
 | 1907 - 516 pages
...heartfelt lay That shall soothe this restless feeling And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour, And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet Whose songs gushed from his heart... | |
 | 1845 - 888 pages
...the thoughts of day. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 540 pages
...Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time " ; — but, " from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or team from the eyelids start ; " Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still beard... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 438 pages
...For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler...tears from the eyelids start; Who through long days of labour, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs... | |
 | 430 pages
...heaitfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling. And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, — Not from the bards sublime Whose...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour, And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart,... | |
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Come, read to me some poem. Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time. 
