 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...  Memoirs of royal ladies - Page 199by Emily Sarah Holt - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Criticism - 1860 - 1172 pages
..."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,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1903 - 852 pages
...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... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1920 - 666 pages
...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... | |
 | Women's periodicals, English - 1857 - 376 pages
...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.... | |
 | Gift books - 1851 - 328 pages
...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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1851 - 604 pages
...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... | |
 | Religion - 1852 - 302 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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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