 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 Seiten
...soft The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft ; And gathering swallows twitter in the skies. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness...through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Ofbeechen green,... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 Seiten
...TO THE NIGHTINGALE. M v heart aclies, and a drowsy numbness paint My sense, as though of hemlock f had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains...through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of bcechen... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 Seiten
...him. No one since Spenser has possessed a more graphic pen. His processions not only live, they move. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-ward had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,—... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 Seiten
...humble Pœan, Upon thy Mount Lycean ! Ode to a Nightingale, My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pain« he »teed to battle : 'Tie not through envy of thy happy lot But being too happy in thy happiness, That thou, light-winged... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1851 - 282 Seiten
...had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk. "T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy...thy happiness, That thou, light-winged Dryad of the tree*, In some melodious plot Of beeches green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 680 Seiten
...touching in a most affecting manner on his own sad state. It is worthy of being given entire — ' My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : 'Tia not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness — That thou, light-winged... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 Seiten
...though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-ward had sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in tliy happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
 | 1853 - 560 Seiten
...children's dower, — Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower ! BOBEKT BROWKIKO. JOHN LYLY. 79 ' a My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk ; 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness — That thou, light-winged... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 Seiten
...souls of men Come back, when night her folding veil hath spread, The long remembered dead! HEMANS. THE NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe- wards had sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 Seiten
...the merry songster in the garden below. It opens with a painful description of his own sad state. MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains I One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk ; Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too... | |
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MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,... 
