 Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be...  La Belle Assemblée - Էջ 1071807Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 էջ
...distance. Address to Kilchurn Castle. May no rude hand deface it, And its forlorn hie jacet ! Ellen Irwin. Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again. The Solitary Reaper. The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. Ibid. Because the... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1874 - 364 էջ
...approaching to our ballads. Though the Tuscan contadini are always singing, it never happens that " The plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago." On the contrary, we may be sure, when we hear their voices ringing through the olive-groves or... | |
 | Edward Austin Sheldon - 1875 - 444 էջ
...spring-time, from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. 3. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive...sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again. 4. Whate'er the theme, the maiden sung As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 356 էջ
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ' 1 Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy,...and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As If her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 էջ
...thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she...lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, IOBS, or pain, That has been, and may be again I Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 էջ
...voice was ever heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas 15 Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : 20 Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,... | |
 | Anthony Arblaster - 1992 - 356 էջ
...And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. . . . Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. As we have seen, Heine heard in these elegiac, languishing melodies the music of a nation rather... | |
 | Noel Annan - 1997 - 300 էջ
...composed of nonwood fibers. Paperback printing 10987654321 For Georgia, Frederick, Allegra and Felix Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. Contents List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements ix PROLOGUE xi List of Abbreviations xiii... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 էջ
...thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she...been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending:... | |
 | Leith Davis - 1998 - 240 էջ
..."old, unhappy far-off things / And battles long ago" (ll. 19-20) or of "familiar matter of today"— "natural sorrow, loss, or pain, / That has been, and may be again!" (ll. 23-24). In Wordsworth's representation, the reader experiences the thrill of the tourist, alienated... | |
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