 | Andrew Rutherford - 1995 - 536 страници
...produced. Witness the first casual instance that may be chosen from the wide high range of Wordsworth's. Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. If not another word were left of the poem in which these two last lines occur, those two lines... | |
 | Brian A. Sparkes - 1996 - 236 страници
...itself a different subject altogether), but William Wordsworth and his 'Solitary Reaper': Will no-one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers...sorrow, loss or pain That has been, and may be again? The 'old, unhappy far-off things' and the 'familiar matter of today' have been seen as helpful, if... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - 1997 - 372 страници
...British Mountains, uHth the Descriptive Poems of Lou/ther, and Emoni Vale (London: Taylor and Hessey). Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive...been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sung As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending;... | |
 | Anthony Arblaster - 1992 - 356 страници
...And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. . . . Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. As we have seen, Heine heard in these elegiac, languishing melodies the music of a nation rather... | |
 | Noel Annan - 1997 - 300 страници
...composed of nonwood fibers. Paperback printing 10987654321 For Georgia, Frederick, Allegra and Felix Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. Contents List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements ix PROLOGUE xi List of Abbreviations xiii... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 страници
...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...been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending:... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 2000 - 788 страници
...Travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian Sands: No sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas...been, and may be again! Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending;... | |
 | George Monteiro - 2000 - 216 страници
...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...been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending;... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 2000 - 678 страници
...are also parallels in "Fairyland" and "The Sleeper." 36-37 Compare Wordsworth's "Solitary Reaper": Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. 37 Milton in "Lycidas" refers to the "stormy Hebrides," and the epithet has become the stock one.... | |
 | Frank Mehring - 2001 - 194 страници
...Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings?Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off...sorrow, loss or pain, That has been, and may be again? What'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work,... | |
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Cuckoo-bird Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter... 
