 Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when,...  English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) - Page 475by John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 792 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain, To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...found a path] Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn, The same that oft times hath Charmed magic casements... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1876 - 466 pages
...higher power of suggestiveness than the ' Ode to-a Nightingale.' Listen but to one stanza of it : " Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in ttars amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1876 - 288 pages
...ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain, — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the' sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 870 pages
...Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not bom erely astonished at its manifestations, for it is...inspiration ; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows whicli sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements,... | |
 | 1877 - 832 pages
...idea here is a trifle complex 1 , but the music is exquisite. Keats has the same perfection :— Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft times hath Charmed magic... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain, — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, aick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn . The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - English poetry - 1878 - 376 pages
...ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. 7Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements,... | |
 | James De Mille - English language - 1878 - 618 pages
...slumber on." ode being full of ecstatic joy, and that of Keats evincing sadness and gloom : " Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements,... | |
 | Choice poems - English poetry - 1879 - 206 pages
...ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 288 pages
...ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain, — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements,... | |
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