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 the air my quiet breath : Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain,... Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature - Page 101by Robert Chambers - 1904Full view - About this book
| 1820 - 596 pages
...eglantine; Fast fading violets coyer'd up in leaves And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full of dewy w,ine, The murmurous haunt of flies on...die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth tby soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have eats... | |
| English literature - 1820 - 606 pages
...leaves And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-iosc, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of aies on summer eves. Darkling I listen ; and, for many...die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears... | |
| 1821 - 488 pages
...to-morrow. 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...die. To cease upon the midnight with no pain. While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still won lost thou sing, and I have ears... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...Darkling I listen ; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easy Death, Called him ioft mimes in many a mused rhyme, . To take into the air my quiet...die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wonldst thou siug, and I have ears... | |
| Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...eves. VI. Darkling I listen ; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, CalTd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, ' While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstacy ! Still would'st thou sing, and I have ears... | |
| Leigh Hunt - Authors - 1828 - 512 pages
...eglantine, Fast fading violets covered up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on...die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears... | |
| Leigh Hunt - Authors - 1828 - 500 pages
...fading violets covered up in leaves; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose full of dewy^wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves. Darkling...die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears... | |
| William Hone - Days - 1830 - 868 pages
...eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves. 6. Darkling I listen ; and, for many a time I have been...die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears... | |
| Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...eglantine ; Fast fading violets covered up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on...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... | |
| Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...eglantine; Fast fading violets, cover'd up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on...die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears... | |
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