 OF old sat Freedom on the heights, The thunders breaking at her feet : Above her shook the starry lights : She heard the torrents meet. There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather'd in her prophet-mind, But fragments of her mighty voice Came rolling...  A Dream of Fair Women, and Other Poems - Seite 32von Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1895 - 96 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1873 - 350 Seiten
...down thro' town and fleld To mingle with the hnman race, And part hy part to men reveal'd The fniness of her face— Grave mother of majestic works, From...King-like, wears the crown : Her open eyes desire the trnth. The wisdom of a thonsand years Is in them. May perpetnal yonth Keep dry their light from tears;... | |
 | James Fitzjames Stephen - 1873 - 360 Seiten
...Freedom of which Mr. Tennyson finely speaks as the Grave mother of majestic works From her isle altar gazing down, Who godlike grasps the triple forks And kinglike wears the crown. Freedom often means authority, as when Roman Catholic archbishops talk of the freedom or liberty of... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 532 Seiten
...fragments of her mighty voice • Came rolling on the wind. Then stept she down through town and fitld To mingle with the human race, And part by part to men revealed The fulness of her face — Grave mother of majestic works, From her isle-altar gazing down,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 336 Seiten
...the starry lights : She heard the torrents meet. There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather'd in her prophet-mind, But fragments of her mighty voice...of majestic works, From her isle-altar gazing down, Her open eyes desire the truth. The wisdom of a thousand years Is in them. May perpetual youth Keep... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 Seiten
...the starry lights : She heard the torrents meet. There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather'd in her prophet-mind, But fragments of her mighty voice...the human race, And part by part to men reveal'd The fulness of her face — Grave mother of majestic works, From her isle-altar gazing down, Who, God-like,... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1875 - 594 Seiten
...She heard the torrents meet. There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather'd in her prophet- mind, But fragments of her mighty voice Came rolling on...mingle with the human race, And part by part to men revealed The fulness of her face. RUSSELL. AtinvoKTii : Oclulcc 2l>, 187-1. APPENDICES. I. IN the progress... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1875 - 392 Seiten
...the starry lights, She heard the torrents meet. 'There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather'd in her prophet-mind, But fragments of her mighty voice Came rolling on the wind. ' Then slept she down thro' town and field. To mingle with the human race, And part by part to men revealed... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1875 - 578 Seiten
...the heights, The thunders breaking at her feet ; There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather'd in her prophet-mind, But fragments of her mighty voice Came rolling on the wind. Then Btept she down thro' town and field, To mingle with the human race, And part by part to men revealed... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 Seiten
...the starry lights : She heard the torrents meet. There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather'd in her prophet-mind,* But fragments of her mighty...the human race, And part by part to men reveal'd The fulness of her face — Grave mother of majestic works, From her isle-altar gazing down, Who, God-like,... | |
 | Lucy Larcom - 1876 - 278 Seiten
...She heard the torrents meet. There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather'd in her prophet-mind, Then stept she down thro' town and field To mingle...the human race, And part by part to men reveal'd The fulness of her face — Grave mother of majestic works, From her isle-altar gazing down, Who, God-like,... | |
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