 ... themes Mid shadows deep, Till eyes unused to tears, with wild emotions weep. We rise, alas, to find our visions fled! But thine remain. Night weaves of golden harmonies the thread. And fills thy brain With joys that overflow in Love's awakening strain....  Lyrics - Page 114by John Banister Tabb - 1897 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1897 - 986 pages
...With joys that overflow in Love's awakening strain. Yet thou. from mortal influence apart, Seek'st naught of praise: The empty plaudits of the emptier...thee. To rise from earthly dreams to hymn Eternity. JOHN B. TABB. 498 From The nineteenth Ontury . SOME Cli A NU 1 :s IN SOCIAL LIFE DURING THE QUEEN'S... | |
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...Till eyes, unused to tears, with wild emotions weep. Yet thou, from mortal Influence apart, Seek'st naught of praise; The empty plaudits of the emptier...lays: Thy Maker's smile alone thy tuneful bosom sways. Tabb's sonnets are as near perfection as it is possible for mere human genius to attain. They are as... | |
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...With joys that overflow in Love's awakening strain. Yet thou, from mortal influence apart, Seek'st naught of praise; The empty plaudits of the emptier...heart Taint not thy lays; Thy Maker's smile alone thy tunefnl bosom sways. Teach me, thou warbling eremite, to sing Thy rhapsody; Nor borne on vain ambition's... | |
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...humanity to fling, Some song of hope celestial to sing, Dear to all hearts as thine." (1882, P., p. 18.) "Teach me, thou warbling eremite, to sing Thy rhapsody...Thee, To rise from earthly dreams to hymn Eternity." (L., p. 114.) Father Tabb has given expression to his admiration for Shelley's genius in several poems,... | |
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