 WORDSWORTH. ANSWER me, burning stars of night ! Where is the spirit gone, That past the reach of human sight, As a swift breeze hath flown ? — And the stars answered me — " We roll In light and power on high ; But, of the never-dying soul, Ask that...  The Ceylon magazine - Page 73Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...unbroken heart's first fragrance unto Heaven! THE INVOCATION. WRITTEN AFTER THE DEATH OP A SISTER-IN-LAW. ANSWER me, burning stars of night! Where is the spirit gone, That past the reach of human sight, Even as a breeze, hath flown ? —And the stars answer'd me—" We roll In light and power on high,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...unbroken heart's first fragrance unto Heaven ! THE INVOCATION. WRITTEN AFTER THE DEATH OP A SISTER-IN-LAW. ANSWER me, burning stars of night ! Where is the spirit gone, That past the reach of human sight, Even as a breeze, hath flown ? — And the stars answer'd me — " We roll In light and power on high,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...unbroken heart's first fragrance unto Heaven ! THE INVOCATION. WRITTEK AFTER THE DEATH OF A SISTER-IN-LAW. ANSWER me, burning stars of night ! Where is the spirit gone, That past the reach of human sight, Even as a breeze, hath flown ? — And the stars answer'd me — " We roll In light and power on high,... | |
 | Tracts - 1845 - 376 pages
...Poetry only expresses the universal feeling of the human heart in that lofty invocation of hers: " Answer me, burning stars of night! Where is the spirit gone, That past the reach of human sight, Even as a breeze, hath flown ? " The Roman Emperor Adrian, in that dying address to his soul, which... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1828 - 340 pages
...from waking thought; conjured Eternity, as men constrain a ghost To appear and answer. WORDSWOITH. ANSWER me, burning stars of night! Where is the spirit...That past the reach of human sight, As a swift breeze hath flown ?— And the stars answer'd me—" We roll In light and power on high ; But, of the never-dying... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - Women - 1828 - 336 pages
...from waking thought, conjured Eternity, as men constrain a ghost To appear and answer. WORDSWORTH. ANSWER me, burning stars of night ! Where is the spirit...That past the reach of human sight, As a swift breeze hath flown ? — And the stars answered me — " We roll In light and power on high ; But, of the never-dying... | |
 | Gift books - 1828 - 318 pages
...tears will be wiped from the eyes, and the whole soul be rilled with joy. THE INVOCATION. MRS HEMANS. ANSWER me, burning stars of night ! Where is the spirit gone, That past the reach of human sight, Even as a breeze, hath flown ? And the stars answered me, ' We roll In light and power on high, But... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...heart's first fragrance unto Heaven . THE INVOCATION. WRITTEN AFTIR THE DEATH OF A SI8IER-IN-LA W. ANSWER me, burning stars of night ! Where is the spirit gone, That past the reach of human sight, Even as a breeze, hath flown? — And the stare answer'd me—" We roll In light and power on high,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1828 - 228 pages
...Heaven '. 144 THE INVOCATION. 1 THE INVOCATION. WRITTEN AFTKK THE DEATH Or A SISTER-IN-LAW. ANSWKFI me, burning stars of night ! Where is the spirit gone, That past the reach of human sight, Even as a breeze, hath flown ? — And the stars answer'd me—" We roll In light and power on high,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 216 pages
...first fragrance unto Heaven '. VOL. II. 11 THE INVOCATION. WRITTEN AFTER THE DEATH OF A SISTER-IN-LAW. ANSWER me, burning stars of night ! Where is the spirit gone, That past the reach of Human si;{lit, Even as a breeze, hath flown ? — And the stars answer'd uie — " We roll In light and power... | |
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