 Through sleep, as through a veil, She sees the sky look pale, And hears the nightingale That sadly sings. Rest, rest, a perfect rest Shed over brow and breast; Her face is toward the west, The purple land. She cannot see the grain Ripening on hill and...  The Poetical Works of Christina G. Rossetti - Page 25by Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1902Full view - About this book
 | 1859 - 440 pages
...the rain Upon her hand. Rest, rest for evermore Upon a mossy shore, Rest, rest, that shall endure, Till time shall cease ; — Sleep that no pain shall...break, Till joy shall overtake Her perfect peace. [Translated for this Journal.] Musical Orthodoxy. From the German of Mme. JOHANNA KllíKJEL. (Concluded... | |
 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1865 - 212 pages
...grain Ripening on hijl and plain ; She cannot feel the rain Upon her hand. Rest, rest, for evermore Upon a mossy shore ; Rest, rest at the heart's core...Night that no morn shall break Till joy shall overtake AT HOME. WHEN I was dead, my spirit turned To seek the much frequented house: I passed the door, and... | |
 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1865 - 212 pages
...plain ; She cannot feel the rain Upon her hand. Eest, rest, for evermore Upon a mossy shore ; Eest, rest at the heart's core Till time shall cease : Sleep...Night that no morn shall break Till joy shall overtake AT HOME, WHEN I was dead, my spirit turned To seek the much frequented house : I passed the door, and... | |
 | George H. STRUTT - 1866 - 260 pages
...grain Ripening on hill and plain ; She cannot feel the rain Upon her hand. Rest, rest, for evermore Upon a mossy shore ; Rest rest at the heart's core...shall break Till joy shall overtake Her perfect peace. Miss Rosetti. CLVI. THE POET'S GEAVE. Let him rest! let him rest! With the green earth on his breast;... | |
 | 1869 - 254 pages
...valley-glades : Was it a vision, or a waking dream ? Fled is that music : — do I wake or sleep ? Keats. K 2 AT HOME. WHEN I was dead, my spirit turned To seek the much-frequented house : I passed the door, and saw my friends Feasting beneath green orange boughs ; From hand to hand... | |
 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1875 - 314 pages
...see the grain Ripening on hill and plain ; She cannot feel the rain Rest, rest, for evermore Upon'a mossy shore ; Rest, rest at the heart's core Till...Till joy shall overtake Her perfect peace. AT HOME. "\ 1 7HEN I was dead, my spirit turned To seek the much-frequented house : I passed the door, and saw... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1891 - 576 pages
...' (p. 50), is based on the kindred theme of the blessedness of rest: — ' Rest, rest, for evermore Upon a mossy shore ; Rest, rest at the heart's core...break Till joy shall overtake Her perfect peace.' It is noticeable that this tone of melancholy is more strongly marked in the earlier poems than in... | |
 | Mary Charlotte J. Leith - 1881 - 540 pages
...the aching hunger of unsatisfying earthly love. ' ' Rest, rest for evermore Rest, rest at the hearts' core Till Time shall cease ! " Sleep that no pain...break, Till joy shall overtake Her perfect peace." CHAPTER XV. A LAST FAREWELL. SO the Mother and Sisters, when they returned from their vigil service,... | |
 | Five minutes daily readings - 1882 - 408 pages
...grain Ripening on hill and plain ; She cannot feel the rain Upon her hand. Rest, rest, for evermore Upon a mossy shore ; Rest, rest at the heart's core...break, Till joy shall overtake Her perfect peace. CHRISTINA ROSETTI. 3TO BLOSSOMS. FAIRE pledges of a fruitfull tree, Why doe ye fall so fast ? Your... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...grain Ripening on hill and plain ; She cannot feel the rain Upon her hand. Rest, rest, for evermore Upon a mossy shore ; Rest, rest at the heart's core...break. Till joy shall overtake Her perfect peace. G 21 Catntnt. 0 WORLD ! 0 life ! 0 time ! On whose last steps 1 climb, Trembling at that where IJiad... | |
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