 Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with my desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong....  Beadle's Monthly - Seite 4861867Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1895 - 856 Seiten
...quoted Mr. Beauchamp. " Do you remember what Wordsworth says about that ? " " Better than such discouree doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with...emotion, hope or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering its faint undersong." "... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 Seiten
...wear out of me, like forms witb chalk Painted on rich men's floors for one feastnight Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence,...without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of ray cottage fire, And listen to the flapping of the name, Or kettle, whispering its faint undersong.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 Seiten
...out of me, like forms with chalk Painted on rich men's floors for one feast' night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence,...emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage fire, And listen to the flapping of the name, Or kettle, whispering its feint undersong. "... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 648 Seiten
...feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with my desire ; 10 To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. "Yet... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 284 Seiten
...feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with my desire ; 10 To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. II.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 656 Seiten
...feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with my desire ; 10 To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. ii.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1898 - 152 Seiten
...night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with my desire; 10 To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. "... | |
 | W. H. Venable, LL. D. - 1898 - 152 Seiten
...night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with my desire; 10 To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. "... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 Seiten
...fruitless waste of time. As he tells us in the sonnets entitled " Personal Talk " : — " Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence,...emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong." This... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1899 - 342 Seiten
...out of me, like Forms with chalk 'ainted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence,...my desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, La the loved presence of my cottage-fire, \nd listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering... | |
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