 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day P The precious tears of new" the brave Mondeer. — He, proud to sho ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her eong could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1874 - 96 pages
...old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago ; 20 Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ; Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang 25 As if her song could have no ending. l saw her singing at... | |
 | Dawn - 1874 - 340 pages
...old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 pages
...old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending ; — I listen'd till I had my fill: And,... | |
 | 1874 - 332 pages
...old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago ; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending, I saw her singing at her... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - 1874 - 396 pages
...unhappy far-off things, And battles long ago ;• — Or is it some more humble lay — Familiar matter of to-day — Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sung As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1874 - 364 pages
...through the olive-groves or macchi, that they are chanting " Some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day, — Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ; " or else, since their melodies are by no means uniformly sad, some ditty of the joyousness of spring-time... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...distance. Address to Kilchurn Castle. May no rude hand deface it, And its forlorn hie jacet ! Ellen Irwin. Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again. The Solitary Reaper. The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. Ibid. Because the... | |
 | Edward Austin Sheldon - 1875 - 444 pages
...old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago ; Or, is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again. 4. Whate'er the theme, the maiden sung As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 pages
...old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : 20 Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang . 25 As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing... | |
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Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? 
