 Thus piteously Love closed what he begat: The union of this ever-diverse pair! These two were rapid falcons in a snare, Condemned to do the flitting of the bat. Lovers beneath the singing sky of May, They wandered once; clear as the dew on flowers: But...  The Literary World - Page 191892Full view - About this book
 | William Sharp - English poetry - 1886 - 402 pages
...those lips, and he knew all. Thus piteously Love closed what he begat : The union of this ever diverse pair ! These two were rapid falcons in a snare, Condemned...flowers : But they fed not on the advancing hours : Their hearts held craving for the buried day. Then each applied to each the fatal knife, Deep questioning,... | |
 | William Sharp - English poetry - 1886 - 424 pages
...Love closed what he begat : The union of this ever diverse r,air ! These two were rapid falcons ma snare, Condemned to do the flitting of the bat. Lovers beneath the singing sky of May, They wander'd once ; clear as the dew on flowers : But they fed not on the advancing hours : Their hearts... | |
 | F. A. H. Eyles - English poetry - 1889 - 416 pages
...he begat : The union of this ever diverse pair ! These two were rapid falcons in a snare, Condemn'd to do the flitting of the bat. Lovers beneath the...flowers : But they fed not on the advancing hours : Their hearts held cravings for the buried day. Then each applied to each that fatal knife, Deep questioning,... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - 1890 - 284 pages
...and he came wondering to the bed. ' Now kiss me, dear ! it may be, now !' she said. Lethe had pass'd those lips, and he knew all." " Thus piteously love...the bat. Lovers beneath the singing sky of May, They wander'd once ; clear as the dew on flowers : But they fed not on the advancing hours : Their hearts... | |
 | George Meredith - 1892 - 128 pages
...said. Lethe had passed those lips, and he knew all. i.. , Thus piteously Love closed what he begat : \i The union of this ever-diverse pair ! These two were...flowers : But they fed not on the advancing hours : Their hearts held cravings for the buried day. Then each applied to each that fatal knife, Deep questioning,... | |
 | 1895 - 676 pages
...guarantee for permanent union. " Thus piteously Love closed what he begat : The union of this ever diverse pair ! These two were rapid falcons in a snare, Condemned...on flowers. But they fed not on the advancing hours : Their hearts held cravings for the buried day." "But they fed not on the advancing hours:" here applied... | |
 | George Meredith - 1898 - 254 pages
...This is my breast : look in.' But there's a strength to help the desperate weak. That night he learned how silence best can speak The awful things when Pity...flowers : But they fed not on the advancing hours : Their hearts held cravings for the buried day. Then each applied to each that fatal knife, Deep questioning,... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - English literature - 1896 - 312 pages
...this very super-subtlety that is the cause of their estrangement. They had been true lovers once : ' Lovers beneath the singing sky of May, They wandered...flowers : But they fed not on the advancing hours : Their hearts held cravings for the buried day. Then each applied to each that fatal knife, Deep questioning,... | |
 | George Meredith - English poetry - 1897 - 280 pages
...mercifully gave, Where I have seen across the twilight wave The swan sail with her young beneath her wings. Thus piteously Love closed what he begat: The union...flowers: But they fed not on the advancing hours: Their hearts held cravings for the buried day. Then each applied to each that fatal knife, Deep questioning,... | |
 | George Meredith - 1904 - 196 pages
...he begat : The union of this ever-diverse pair I These two were rapid falcons in a snare, Condemn'd to do the flitting of the bat. Lovers beneath the singing sky of May, They wander'd once ; clear as the dew on flowers : But they fed not on the advancing hours : Their hearts... | |
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