 Darkling I listen ; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain,...  Wordsworth to Dobell - Page 445edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 252 pages
...consummation devoutly to be wished. ** Many a time I have been half in love with easeful death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain."—Keats. My curst descend on all that twines Its jugglery, $c. " Our armies swore terribly in... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...mid-May's eldest child The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine. The murmurous haunt of bees on summer eves. Darkling I listen; and for many a time . I have been...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain,— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...for many a time, I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a united rhyme To take into the air my quiet breath ; Now more...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstacy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou... | |
 | William Mountford - Death - 1852 - 542 pages
...die ; it is what he felt while he was listening to the nightingale once, and I suppose in the dark. Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been...pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy. He died where there are more nightingales than there are here ; and we will hope he felt at the last... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 580 pages
...mid-May's eldest child The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of bees on summer eves. Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been...art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy 1 Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain, — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast... | |
 | George William Curtis - Atlantic States - 1852 - 214 pages
...plunge, that it woos and woos you to lay your head upon its breast and slide into dreamless sleep. " Darkling I listen ; and, for many a time, I have been...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstacy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain To thy high requiem a sod." So sang Keats... | |
 | George William Curtis - Atlantic States - 1852 - 216 pages
...plunge, that it woos and wooa you to lay your head upon its breast and slide into dreamless sleep. Darkling, I listen ; and, for many a time, I have...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstacy ! Still wouldst thou sing and I have ears in vain To thy high requiem become a sod. So sang... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...eves. Darkling I listen; and, for many a time, I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstacy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soil names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air...art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy 1 Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain, — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...eves. Darkling I listen ; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful death, (-'ailed him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry... | |
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