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 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...thicket shelter yields ; But blessed forms in whistling storms Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. VI. A maiden knight — to me is given Such hope, I know...breathe the airs of heaven That often meet me here. I muse on joy that will not cease, Pure spaces clothed in living beams, Pure lilies of eternal peace,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 pages
...But blessed forms in whistling storms Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. vI. A maiden knight—to me is given Such hope, I know not fear ; I yearn to...breathe the airs of heaven That often meet me here. I muse on joy that will not cease, Pure spaces clothed in living beams, Pure lilies of eternal peace,... | |
 | Criticism - 1860 - 1172 pages
...shrine." He is content with faith in heavenly things of which he sometimes has a foretaste here : " A maiden knight — to me is given Such hope I know...breathe the airs of heaven That often meet me here. I860.] Mr. Tennyson and the Idyls of King Arthur. 1 1 I muse on joy that will not cease, Pure spaces... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 pages
...thicket shelter yields ; But blessed forms in whistling storms Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. IX. A maiden knight — to me is given Such hope, I know...breathe the airs of heaven That often meet me here. I muse on joy that will not cease, Pure spaces clothed in living beams, Pure lilies of eternal peace,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...thicket shelter yields ; But blessed forms in whistling storms Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. A maiden knight — to me is given Such hope, I know...breathe the airs of heaven That often meet me here. I muse on joy that will not cease, Pure spaces clothed in living beams, Pure lilies of eternal peace,... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...grace to see the Holy Grail. His quest is thus described in one of Tennyson's earlier poems : — ' A maiden knight— to me is given Such hope, I know...breathe the airs of heaven . That often meet me here : — A gentle sound, an awful light ! Three angels bear the Holy Grail : With folded feet in stoles... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1846 - 254 pages
...thicket shelter yields ; IJut blessed forms in whistling storms Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. VI. A maiden knight — to me is given Such hope, I know...breathe the airs of heaven That often meet me here. I muse on joy that will not cease, Pure spaces cloth'd in living beams, Pure lilies of eternal peace,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...plain, I climb the height No branchy thicket shelter yields ; But blessed forms in whistling storms A maiden knight — to me is given Such hope, I know...breathe the airs of heaven That often meet me here. I muse on joy that will not cease, Pure spaces clothed in living beams, Pure lilies of eternal peace,... | |
 | 1880 - 494 pages
...So keep I fair through faith and prayer, A virgin heart in work and will. " A maiden knight to me ie given, Such hope, I know not fear ; I yearn to breathe the airs of heaven That often meet me here." TENNYSON. " MAY I have the pleasure of this dance with you, Miss West ? and put me down for the next... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 290 pages
...plain, I climb the height; No branchy thicket shelter yields ; But blessed forms in whistling storms VI. A maiden knight — to me is given Such hope, I know...breathe the airs of heaven That often meet me here. I muse on joy that will not cease, Pure spaces clothed in living beams, Pure lilies of eternal peace,... | |
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