 I scarcely had one night of quiet sleep Such ghastly visions had I of despair And tyranny, and implements of death, And long orations which in dreams I pleaded Before unjust Tribunals, with a voice Labouring, a brain confounded, and a sense...  The Quarterly Review - Page 262edited by - 1927Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...melancholy at that time, O Friend ! Were my day-thoughts, — my nights were miserable; Through month:, - Bach in his separate cell, or penned in crowds For sacrifice, and struggling with fond mirth And levity... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...Were my day thoughts ; my nights were miserable Through month-", through years, long after the las beat Of those atrocities, the hour of sleep To me came rarely charged with natural gifts, Such ghostly visions had I of despair And tyranny, and implements of death. And innocent victims sinking... | |
 | 1851 - 724 pages
...his mind and feelings : •• Most melancholy, at that time, О friend ! Were my day thoughts ; my nights were miserable ; Through months, through years, long after the last beat Of good and evil ; knows not what to fear Or hope for, what to cuvet or to shun; And who, if those could... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1870 - 382 pages
...brought in charge against mankind. Most melancholy at that time, O Friend ! "Were my day-thoughts, — my nights were miserable ; Through months, through years,...came rarely charged with natural gifts, Such ghastly vision.3 had I of despair And tyranny, and implements of death ; And innocent victims sinking under... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 pages
...brought in charge against mankind. Most melancholy at that time, О Fricnc ! Were my day-thoughts, — my nights were miserable ; Through months, through years,...Of those atrocities, the hour of sleep To me came глгс!у charged with natural gifts, Such ghastly visions had I of despair And tyranny, and implements... | |
 | Frederic William Henry Myers - 1881 - 204 pages
...the crimes committed in her name. " Most melancholy at that time, 0 Friend ! Were my day-thoughts, my nights were miserable. Through months, through years,...despair, And tyranny, and implements of death; . . . And levity in dungeons, where the dust Was laid with tears. Then suddenly the scene Changed, and the unbroken... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1881 - 732 pages
...charge against mankind. Most melancholy at that time, O Friend 1 Were my day-thoughts, — my mghts were miserable ; Through months, through years, long...I of despair And tyranny, and implements of death; And'innocent victims sinking under fear, And momentary hope, and worn-out prayer, Each in his separate... | |
 | Anna Buckland - 1882 - 562 pages
...the sorrow enter his heart: — " Most melancholy at that time, oh ! friend, Were my day thoughts, my nights were miserable ; Through months, through years,...despair, And tyranny, and implements of death, And levity in dungeons, where the dust Was laid with tears. Then suddenly the scene Changed, and the unbroken... | |
 | Frederic William Henry Myers - 1882 - 200 pages
...my day-thoughts, my nights were miserable. Through months, through years, long after the last boat Of those atrocities, the hour of sleep To me came...despair, And tyranny, and implements of death ; . . . And levity in dungeons, where the dust Was laid with tears. Then suddenly the scene Changed, and the unbroken... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1883 - 452 pages
...brought in charge against mankind. Most melancholy at that time, O Friend ! Were my day-thoughts, — my nights were miserable ; Through months, through years,...natural gifts, Such ghastly visions had I of despair And tjTanny, and implements of death ; And innocent victims sinking under fear, And momentary hope, and... | |
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