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 | John Keats - 1863 - 496 pages
...ecstacy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. : Forlorn !... | |
 | 1863 - 982 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 116 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...alien corn : The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the very word... | |
 | John Dennis - 1865 - 344 pages
...contains one stanza of pre-eminent beauty : — " Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! Ho hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Chann'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn." But this exquisite... | |
 | David Grant - 1865 - 428 pages
...for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing njght was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps...alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the very sound... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the very word... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Hutu, when sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was iftard In ancient days by emperor and clown; Perhaps the...amid the alien corn; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. VIII. Forlorn!... | |
 | Moxon Edward and co - 200 pages
...ectasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves. * * * » Thou wert not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Oharm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the... | |
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