 O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved ? And how shall I deck my song for the large sweet soul that has gone? And what shall my perfume be for the grave of him I love?  THE CHIEF AMERICAN POETS - Seite 551von CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE, PH. D. - 1905Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Walt Whitman - 1868 - 464 Seiten
...— for the lustrous star has detained me; The star, my comrade departing, holds and detains me. TO. 0 how shall I warble myself for the dead one there...meeting : These, and with these, and the breath of my chant, 1 perfume the grave of him I love. ii. O what shall I hang on the chamber walls ? And what shall... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 Seiten
...— for the lustrous star has detained me ; The star, my departing comrade, holds and detains me. 10. 0 how shall I warble myself for the dead one there...meeting : These, and with these, and the breath of my chant, I perfume the grave of him I love. II. O what shall I hang on the chamber-walls ? And what shall... | |
 | 1875 - 810 Seiten
...blooming perennial, and drooping star in the west, And thought of him I love. • • • • • • 'O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I...what shall my perfume be, for the grave of him I love ? * » y « • • Yet each I keep and all, retrievements out of the night ; The song, the wondrous... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 Seiten
...— for the lustrous star has detained me ; The star, my departing comrade, holds and detains me. 10. 0 how shall I warble myself for the dead one there...meeting : These, and with these, and the breath of my chant, I perfume the grave of him I love. O what shall I hang on the chamber-walls ? And what shall... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1886 - 362 Seiten
...tolling bells' perpetual clang. Here, coffin that slowly passes, I give you my sprig of lilac. ****** 0 how shall I warble myself for the dead one there...meeting, These and with these and the breath of my chant I'll perfume the grave of him I love. ****** To the tally of my soul, Loud and strong kept up... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1886 - 352 Seiten
...tolling bells' perpetual clang. Here, coffin that slowly passes, I give you my sprig of lilac. ****** 0 how shall I warble myself for the dead one there...meeting, These and with these and the breath of my chant I'll perfume the grave of him I love. ****** To the tally of my soul, Loud and strong kept up... | |
 | Roden Noel - 1886 - 394 Seiten
...music. I take another instance from the poem, " When lilacs last in the door-yard bloomed : " — " O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I...meeting : These, and with these and the breath of my chant, I perfume the grave of him I love. " O what shall I hang on the chamber walls ? And what shall... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1889 - 76 Seiten
...Fallen cold and dead. O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved ? And how shall I derk my song for the large sweet soul that has gone? And...meeting, These and with these and the breath of my chant, I'll perfume the grave of him I love. When Lilacs Last, etc. No more for him life's stormy conflicts,... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1889 - 70 Seiten
...and ring O bells ! But I with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I...of him I love? Sea-winds blown from east and west, These and with these and the breath of my chant, I'll perfume the grave of him I love. 37 When Lilacs... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1896 - 292 Seiten
...come, pouring for you, For you and the coffins all of you, 0 death.) " Then the strain goes on : — " 0 how shall I warble myself for the dead one there...meeting : These, and with these, and the breath of my chant, I perfume the grave of him I love." The poem reaches, perhaps, its height in the matchless invocation... | |
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