 COME not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save. There let the wind sweep and the plover cry ; But thou, go by. Child, if it were thine error or thy crime...  The Fisherman's Niece; Or, A Mother's Last Words - Side 10av C. G. Rowe - 1863Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1860 - 1172 sider
..."Lady Clara Vere deVere," and from the man who could write the passionate and indignant stanzas, " Come not when I am dead To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave," — stanzas so full of keenest anguish, mixed with a pity which, were it not so fine and so forgiving,... | |
 | 1903 - 848 sider
...know not. Perhaps the persistent foot of the angler annoys them, and they follow him as who should say There let the wind sweep, and the plover cry, But thou, go by. I begin to think that this place, in spite of its beauty and ancient peace. is just a trifle too much... | |
 | 1920 - 666 sider
...YARROW BALDOCK, Major. South Hackney. MISSING WORDS (12 S. vii. 232, 296). — The lines quoted : — Come not when I am dead To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, were written by the first wife of GeorgeMeredith, and will bo found in one of the earlier chapters... | |
 | 1857 - 376 sider
...mist-hung churchyard and from the haunted moor we hear tones of mournful murmurs and grave rebuke — " Come not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears...round my fallen head And vex the unhappy dust thou couldst not save; Thero let the wind sweep, and the plover cry ; Bat thou, go by." THE GB INSTITUTION.... | |
 | 1851 - 328 sider
...beginning to end. Well, there is not a word he is not welcome to see ! STANZAS. BY ALFRED TENNYSON. COME not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears...There let the wind sweep, and the plover cry ; But go thou by. Child, if it were thine error or thy crime I care no longer, being all unblest ; Wed whom... | |
 | 1851 - 604 sider
...other blessings. STANZAS. BY ALFRED TENNYSON, THE POET LAUREATE. Come not, when I am dead, To drop tby and attesting the sanctity of thuse higher principles, which are duet thou wouldst not There let the wind sweep, and the plover cry ; But go thou by. Child, if it were... | |
 | 1852 - 302 sider
...the gladness which abounds in the world, spite of sin and sorrow, when we transport our thoughts Coma not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen bead, to some far distant clime and agel Beautiful nature is everywhere present, and that to make us... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 404 sider
...could understand ; And on the glimmering limit far withdrawn God made Himself an awful rose of dawn. COME not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears...round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust thou would' st not save. There let the wind sweep and the plover cry ; But thou, go by. Child, if it were... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 404 sider
...could understand ; And on the glimmering limit far withdrawn God made Himself an awful rose of dawn. COME not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears...the wind sweep and the plover cry ; But thou, go by. Child, if it were thine error or thy crime I care no longer, being all unblest : Wed whom thou wilt,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1856 - 400 sider
...could understand; And on the glimmering limit far withdrawn God made Himself an awful rose of dawu. COME not, -when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears...the wind sweep and the plover cry; But thou, go by. Child, if it were thine error or thy crime I care no longer, being all unblest: Wed whom thou wilt,... | |
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