 O tell her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown: Say to her, I do but wanton in the South, But in the North long since my nest is made. O tell her, brief is life but love is long And brief the sun of summer in the North And brief the moon of beauty in the...  The Princess: A Medley - Page 74by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1848 - 168 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 744 pages
...love is long, And brief the sun of summer in the North, And brief the moon of beauty in the South. 0 Swallow, flying from the golden woods, Fly to her,...mine, And tell her, tell her, that I follow thee. The sweet, simple, and beautiful little poem, worthy of Bion, or Moschus, or Meleager, was not acceptable... | |
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...nest is made. ' O tell her, brief is life but love is long, And britf the sun of summer in the North, And brief the moon of beauty in the South. ' O Swallow,...mine, And tell her, tell her, that I follow thee.' Before the evening is over, Cyril breaks in with some wild boisterous catch, and quite forgets the... | |
 | 1849 - 660 pages
...lattice." So, too, where the second word begins with a weak consonant easily elided in pronunciation. " Fly to her, and pipe and woo her, and make her mine." " You must not slay him : he risked his life for ours." The same fusion occurs often in a single word,... | |
 | 1849 - 600 pages
...is made. ' 0 tell her, brief is life but love is long, And brief the sun of summer in the North, . And brief the moon of beauty in the South. ' O Swallow, flying from the golden woods, Fly to her, anil pipe and woo her, and make her mine, And tell her, tell her, that I follow thee.' Before the evening... | |
 | 1850 - 600 pages
...nest is made. " O tell her, brief is life, but love is long, And brief the sun of summer in the North, And brief the moon of beauty in the South. " O Swallow,...mine, And tell her, tell her, that I follow thee." Before the evening is over, Cyril breaks in with some wild boisterous catch, and quite forgets the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pages
...is long, And brief the sun of summer in the North, And brief the moon of beauty in the South. " О Swallow, flying from the golden woods, Fly to her,...mine, And tell her, tell her, that I follow thee." Before the evening is over, Cyril breaks in with some wild boisterous catch, and quite forgets the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 316 pages
...nest is made. " O tell her, brief is life but love is long, And brief the sun of summer in the North, And brief the moon of beauty in the South. " O Swallow,...mine, And tell her, tell her, that I follow thee." . " O Bulbul, any rose of Gulistan Shall burst her veil: marsh-divers, rather, maid, Shall croak thee... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 326 pages
...love is long, And brief the sun of summer in the North, And brief the moon of beauty in the South. " 0 Swallow, flying from the golden woods, Fly to her, and pipe and woo her, and mate her mine, And tell her, tell her, that I follow thee.' I ceased, and all the ladies, each at ach,... | |
 | 1871 - 776 pages
...has approached in such lines as these : — " O Swallow, Swallow, if I could follow, and light." " Fly to her, and pipe and woo her, and make her mine." " Laborious, orient ivory, sphere in sphere." " The lime a summer home of murmurous wings." " Ran riot,... | |
 | A. De Puy Van Buren - 1859 - 336 pages
...love is long, And brief the sun of summer in the North, And brief the moon of beauty in the South. " 0 swallow, flying from the golden woods, Fly to her,...mine, And tell her, tell her, that I follow thee." • THE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN. « "A gentleman! What, o' the wool-pack ? or the sugar-chest ? Or lists... | |
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