Bright Star! would I were steadfast as thou art — Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient, sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth's... Literary By-paths in Old England - Страница 265по Henry Charles Shelley - 1906 - 400 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| 1852 - 302 страници
...it was then that he composed that sonnet of solemn tenderness, Bright star ! would I were stedfast as thou art — Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching with eternal lips apart, Like Nature's patient sleepless eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of... | |
| Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 страници
...heart, it was then that he composed that sonnet of solemn tenderness, Bright star! would I were stedfast as thou art — Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching with eternal Hps apart, Like Nature's patient sleepless eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure... | |
| John Keats - 1859 - 524 страници
...blind ! 1819. LAST SONNET. BRIGHT star, would I were steadfast as thou art! Not in lone splendor hang aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient sleepless Eremite, The moTing waters at their priestlike task Of pore ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 страници
...wake those eyes In vain he weeps, in vain he sighs, To lift their silken lashes. T. Campbell Bright Star ! would I were steadfast as thou art— Not in...lids apart, Like nature's patient sleepless Eremite, No—yet still steadfast, still unchangeable, Pillow'd upon my fair Love's ripening breast To feel... | |
| Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 512 страници
...the words wander down with the waters of the river to the sea. Bright star ! would I were stedfast as thou art — Not in lone splendour hung aloft the...ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors, — No, — yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,... | |
| 1866 - 392 страници
...hast ever been, The loved, the lovely Magdalen. lol)n Heats. [BORN 1795. DIED i8ai.] SONNET. RIGHT star! would I were steadfast as thou ' art— Not...ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors: No—yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,... | |
| Leigh Hunt, Samuel Adams Lee - 1867 - 372 страници
...VOL. i. l8 HIS LAST SONNET. BRIGHT STAR ! would I were steadfast as thou art ! Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids...ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors : No ! yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1867 - 360 страници
...To lift their silken lashes. T. Camplull CXCVIII Bright Star ! would I were steadfast as thou artNot in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching,...lids apart, Like nature's patient sleepless Eremite, Pillow'd upon my fair Love's ripening breast To feel for ever its soft fall and swell, Awake for ever... | |
| English song - 1873 - 566 страници
...? Fled is that music ? Do I wake or sleep ? [From the " Miscellaneous Poems. "] LAST WORDS. J1RIGHT Star! would I were steadfast as thou art — Not in...The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablutions round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains... | |
| John Dennis - 1873 - 280 страници
...casket of my soul. JOHN CEATS. KEATS'S LAST SONNET. BRIGHT star ! would I were steadfast as thou art,Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching,...patient sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestly task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores, Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask Of... | |
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