 Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay. That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters. Not from the bards sublime. Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time.  Eliza Cook's journal - Side 323Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1870 - 726 sider
...mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem. Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall sooth this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavours — And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gush from his... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1845 - 652 sider
...resembles Borrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me come poem. Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And...day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the hards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time. For, like strains of martial... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 540 sider
...poems in another mood of mind, they may appear too tame, uniform, and gentle ; for they come, — " Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards...distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time " ; — but, " from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds... | |
 | 1845 - 888 sider
...sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, Not from the grand old masters, Not from... | |
 | 1847 - 814 sider
...sunshine with the shade.'' 1847.] Nine New Poets. Mr. Longfellow asks his I;ul y-love lo read to him. " Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards...Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of lime." This is pretty and musical, and conveys rather :i striking image: Mr. Head thus appropriates... | |
 | 1847 - 784 sider
...vibrating, like the sunshine with the shadfe." Mr. Longfellow asks his lady-love to read lo him. " Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, "Whose distant footsteps echo Through ihe corridors of liune." This is pretty and musical, and conveys rather a striking image ; Mr. Read... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 170 sider
...resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling And banish...endeavour; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humble poet, Whose songs gush'd from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 462 sider
...resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endearonr ; And to-night I long for reet. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 sider
...resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And...strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 sider
...resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And...from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Lite's endless toil and endeavour... | |
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