 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...notes to weary bands Of travellers, in some shady haunt Among Arabian sands : No sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...notes to weary bands Of travelers in some shady haunt Among Arabian sands ; No sweeter voice was ever heard In springtime from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again. • Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1878 - 262 pages
...the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass ! Heaping aud singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass ! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - English poetry - 1878 - 376 pages
...strain ; O listen ! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in...lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1878 - 1112 pages
...notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian sands : A voice so tlirilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird,...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...strain ; O listen ! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in...lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? TO A LADY, WITH A GUITAR. 221 Whate'er the theme, the... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chant So sweetly to reposing bands Of Travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 pages
...the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chant So sweetly to reposing bands Of Travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ! Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...in some shady haunt Among Arabian sands : A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from a Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among...lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song... | |
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No Nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of Travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian sands: A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides.... 
