Ay me ! Tis deaf, that ear Which joy'd my voice to hear ; Yet would I not disturb thee from thy tomb, Thus sleeping in thine Abbey's friendly shade, And the rough waves of life for ever laid ! I would not break thy rest, nor change thy doom. Even as my... The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 321896Full view - About this book
| H. Mortimer Franklyn - 1882 - 812 pages
...thee from thy tomb, Here sleeping in thine Abbey's friendly shade, And the rough waves of life for ever laid. I would not break thy rest, nor change...for the leaven to work, the let to end. And thou, 0 Abbey grey, Predestined to the ray By this dear soul over thy precint shed ! Fear not but that thy... | |
| 1882 - 916 pages
...thy tomb, Here sleeping in thine Abbey's friendly shade, And the rough waves of life forever laid. 1 would not break thy rest, nor change thy doom. Even...thou. Even as that loved, that well-recorded friend, Has thy commission done ; ye both may now Wait for the leaven to work, the let to end. And thou, О... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1885 - 232 pages
...thee from thy tomb, Thus sleeping in thine Abbey's friendly shade, And the rough waves of life for ever laid ! I would not break thy rest, nor change...for the leaven to work, the let to end. And thou, 0 Abbey grey 1 Predestined to the ray By this dear guest over thy precinct shed — Fear not but that... | |
| Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1895 - 540 pages
...thee from thy tomb, Thus sleeping in thine Abbey's friendly shade, And the rough waves of life for ever laid ! I would not break thy rest, nor change...— Even as that loved, that well-recorded friend — And thou, O Abbey grey ! Predestined to the ray By this dear guest over thy precinct shed — Fear... | |
| Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1896 - 544 pages
...thee from thy tomb, Thus sleeping in thine Abbey's friendly shade, And the rough waves of life for ever laid ! I would not break thy rest, nor change...for the leaven to work, the let to end. And thou, O Abbe Predestined to the By this dear guest over thy p Fear not but that thy lij Once more thine immei... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 546 pages
...thee from thy tomb, Thus sleeping in thine Abbey's friendly shade, And the rough waves of life for ever laid ! I would not break thy rest, nor change...leaven to work, the let to end. And thou, O Abbey gray ! Predestined to the ray By this dear guest over thy precinct shed — Fear not but that thy light... | |
| American literature - 1894 - 880 pages
...thee from thy tomb, Thus sleeping in thine Abbey's friendly shade. And the rongh waves of life forever laid ! I would not break thy rest nor change thy doom Even as my Father, thon — Even as that loved, that well recorded friend — Hast thy commission done ; ye both may now... | |
| Nineteenth century - 1882 - 1114 pages
...thee from thy tomb, Here sleeping in thine Abbey's friendly shade, And the rough waves of life for ever laid. I would not break thy rest, nor change...O Abbey grey, Predestined to the ray By this dear soul over thy precinct shed ! Fear not but that thy light once more shall burn, One day thine immemorial... | |
| William Cleaver Wilkinson - Literature - 1908 - 464 pages
...feared. But the poet rallies, and hopes for the best. Associating his own father with Stanley, he says : "ye both may now Wait for the leaven to work, the let to end." (" The let " !) Whenever the light shall reappear, then "Our Arthur will again be present here, Again... | |
| Tod E. Jones - History - 2003 - 362 pages
...thee from thy tomb, Thus sleeping in thine Abbey's friendly shade, And the rough waves of life for ever laid! I would not break thy rest, nor change...may now Wait for the leaven to work, the let to end. 336 There is a significance to that phrase "child of light" which we cannot ignore. It calls to our... | |
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