 SONG IN THE SONGLESS They have no song, the sedges dry, And still they sing. It is within my breast they sing, As I pass by. Within my breast they touch a string, They wake a sigh. There is but sound of sedges dry; In me they sing.  Englische Studien - Page 75edited by - 1907Full view - About this book
 | Francis Fisher Browne, Waldo Ralph Browne, Scofield Thayer, Marianne Moore - American literature - 1901 - 974 pages
...we must find room for one delicate lyric. " They have no song, the sedges dry, And still they sing. It is within my breast they sing. As I pass by. Within...There is but sound of sedges dry ; In me they sing." The recent successful presentation, in a number of our largest cities, of " The Land of Heart's Desire,"... | |
 | George Meredith - English poetry - 1901 - 148 pages
...one the bell-head hung. SONG IN THE SONGLESS THEY have no song, the sedges dry, And still they sing. It is within my breast they sing, As I pass by. Within...There is but sound of sedges dry ; In me they sing. UNION IN DISSEVERANCE SUNSET worn to its last vermilion he ; She that star overhead in slow descent... | |
 | George Meredith - English poetry - 1901 - 152 pages
...one the bell-head hung. SONG IN THE SONGLESS THEY have no song, the sedges dry, And still they sing. It is within my breast they sing, As I pass by. Within...There is but sound of sedges dry ; In me they sing. UNION IN DISSEVERANCE SUNSET worn to its last vermilion he ; She that star overhead in slow descent... | |
 | American periodicals - 1901 - 896 pages
...pedestrianism. Stephen. SONG IN THE SONGLESS. They have no song, the sedges dry, Anti still they sing. It is within my breast they sing. As I pass by. Within...they touch a string. They wake a sigh. There is but the sound of sedges dry; In me thev sing. Qmrge Jlv ditli. MADEMOISELLE'S ROMANCE. "Love blows as the... | |
 | Annie Russell Marble - Books and reading - 1905 - 72 pages
...remembrance in his " Song in the Songless " : — " They have no song, the sedges dry, And still they sing. It is within my breast they sing, As I pass by. Within...There is but sound of sedges dry ; In me they sing." — A Reading of Life, NY 1901, p. 63. We quote at length poetic farewells to departing winter and... | |
 | Alfred Henry Miles - English poetry - 1905 - 726 pages
...field of song iu " Song of the Songless" — 11 They have no song, the sedges dry, And still they sing. It is within my breast they sing As I pass by. Within my breast they touch a spring, They wake a sigh. There is but sound of sedges dry ; In me they sing." These little poems show... | |
 | George Macaulay Trevelyan - 1906 - 266 pages
...such delicately inspired verse as this : — They have no song, the sedges dry, And still they sing. It is within my breast they sing, As I pass by. Within...sigh. There is but sound of sedges dry ; In me they sing.1 Apart from Modern Love, Mr. Meredith has written many sonnets, with the orthodox numbers of... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 654 pages
...tears? Ah, but no, no, no! SONG OF THE SONGLESS They have no song, the sedges dry, And still they sing. It is within my breast they sing, As I pass by. Within my breast they touch a spring, They wake a sigh. There is but sound of sedges dry; In me they sing. DIRGE IN WOODS A wind... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...still they sing. It is within my breast they sing, As I pass by. Within my breast they touch a spring, They wake a sigh. There is but sound of sedges dry; . In me they sing. DIRGE IN WOODS A wind sways the pines, And below Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that... | |
 | George Meredith - 1910 - 320 pages
...the bridaUy embraced. SONG IN THE SONGLESS THEY have no song, the sedges dry, And still they sing. It is within my breast they sing, As I pass by. Within...There is but sound of sedges dry ; In me they sing. THE BURDEN OF STRENGTH IF that thou hast the gift of strength, then know Thy part is to uplift the... | |
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