Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While... The Poets of the Nineteenth Century - Seite 137herausgegeben von - 1878 - 674 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1868 - 310 Seiten
...Death ; Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath ; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...have ears in vain To thy high requiem, become a sod." From that new masterpiece of Tennyson's genius " Lucretius," the following lines are taken : — "... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 Seiten
...mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath ; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, 55 To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art...ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. 60 Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice... | |
| Kate Gordon (of Fyvie.) - 1868 - 246 Seiten
...flax-bird. 7. One who listens. 8. It is used as soap in the East. 9. Freedom from pain. CCLX. " THOU wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and by clown ; Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Iluth, when, sick... | |
| Klaus Martens, Paul Duncan Morris, Arlette Warken - 2003 - 166 Seiten
...Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...have ears in vain To thy high requiem become a sod. (208) But while in the thrall of the nightingale's song, the speaker implies he is somehow transformed... | |
| John R. Strachan - 2003 - 218 Seiten
...Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod.41 60 31 Invisible. 32 By chance. 33 Fairies. 34 Flourishing. 35 'Darkness or obscurity, the result... | |
| Bernd Fischer - 2003 - 276 Seiten
...Thematic and Dramatic Configurations of the Theme of Death in Kleist's Works Hilda M. Brown Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! (Keats, "Ode to a Nightingale") RIPENESS AND DEATH are brought into a striking new relationship in... | |
| Richard Hayman - 2003 - 300 Seiten
...confesses himself in such a heightened poetical state as 'half in love with easeful death': Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! " Keats sought in trees and birds symbols that could help communicate his personal ideas and feelings.... | |
| Marcia Willett - 2002 - 442 Seiten
...forest dim . . . Away! away! for I will fly to thee ... on the viewless wings of Poesy . . . Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the...pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! . . . Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! . . .' Odd that the girl's bright, young, eager... | |
| Marcia Willett - 2002 - 442 Seiten
...standing behind him, shivering, clasping her ruana tightly about her; heard her voice in the wind. 'Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain...Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!' 'No,' he said desperately, with a kind of revulsion. 'No. I can't put her there. Not in the cold and wet.... | |
| Vinayak Krishna Gokak - 1975 - 240 Seiten
...know on earth and all ye need to know." When he hears the nightingale singing, Keats exclaims : "Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by'emperor and clown." The whole of that stanza, which culminates in the opening of magic casements... | |
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