| Charles S. Middleton - 1858 - 380 страници
...and appreciated him, and whose applause alone he sought, he had been, like his own skylark : — " A poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world was-wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not ;" and the beauty of his inspirations was... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1858 - 294 страници
...sum up in a word, (and that his own), if any of the sons of men was himself what he described: — A Poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world was brought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not. Like a high-horn maiden In a palace tower,... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 страници
...rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed. What thou art, we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright...tower, Soothing her love-laden Soul in secret hour Writh music sweet as love, which overflows her bower. ' Like a glow-worm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 страници
...rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed. What thou art, we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright...thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet bidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To sympathy with... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 страници
...rains out her beams, and heaven is overflow 'd. What thou art, we know not ; What is most like thee ; From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not. THE SKYLARK. 55 Like a high-born maiden In a palace tower, Soothing her love-laden Soul in secret hour... | |
| 1860 - 452 страници
...critics, devoid of enthusiasm and inspiration, and utterly incapable of judging of the merits of — " A poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns...To sympathy, with hopes and fears it heeded not." feeling of love for poetry. Many persons speak, think, and write of poetry with a degree of extravagance... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 826 страници
...themselves are there, and they are working up slowly (let us hope) toward a better future. Liku .1 poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns...wrought To sympathy -with hopes and fears it heeded not. Now, a journalist is not a poet, and Heaven knows he is far enough from being lost in a haze of thought... | |
| 1860 - 880 страници
...enthusiasm and inspiration, and utterly incapable of judging of the merits of— " A poet hidden ID tbe light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the...To sympathy, with hopes and fears it heeded not." Many, doubtless, would prefer to be at once revelling among the beauties of their favourite poet, and... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 страници
...white dawn clear, Until we hardly sec, we feel that it is there. All the earth and air With thy vgice is loud, As, when night is bare, From one lonely cloud...heeded not : Like a highborn maiden In a palace tower, - But thou, who art as wise as thou art strong To compass all that thou desirest, I Present thee with,"... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 страници
...With thy voice is loud, As, when night is bare, What thou art we know not; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright...presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden Till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not: In the light of thought,... | |
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