 | 1897 - 918 pages
...figure:— Let the wild Lenn-headed eagles yelp aloud, and leave The monstrous ledges there to slope, anil spill Their thousand wreaths of dangling water-smoke, That like a broken purpose waste in air. Every one remembers Homer's comparison of man to the leaves of the forest; but we had to wait till... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1848 - 186 pages
...the torrent dance thee down To find him in the valley ; let the wild Lean-headed Eagles yelp alone, and leave The monstrous ledges there to slope, and...every sound is sweet; Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees.' So she low-toned... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1848 - 180 pages
...the torrent dance thee down To find him in the valley ; let the wild Lean-headed Eagles yelp alone, and leave The monstrous ledges there to slope, and...thousand wreaths of dangling water-smoke, That like a hroken purpose waste in air : So waste not thou ; but come ; for all the vales Await thee ; azure pillars... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pages
...the torrent dance thee down To find him in the valley ; let the wild Lean-headed Eagles yelp alone, and leave The monstrous ledges there to slope, and...every sound is sweet ; Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees.' •' So she,... | |
 | 1850 - 600 pages
...the torrent dance thee down To find him in the valley ; let the wild Lean-headed Eagles yelp alone, and leave The monstrous ledges there to slope, and...every sound is sweet ; Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees.' " So she,... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1852 - 214 pages
...the torrent dance thee down, To find him in the valley ; let the wild Lean-headed eagles yelp alone, and leave The monstrous ledges there to slope, and...Myriads of rivulets hurrying through the lawn, The moau of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees." Remembering these things, when... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1852 - 216 pages
...the torrent dance thee down, To find him in the valley ; let the wild Lean-headed eagles yelp alone, and leave The monstrous ledges there to slope, and...hearth Arise to thee; the children call, and I Thy shephev.l, pipe, and sweet is every sound, Sweeter thy voice, but every sound is sweet ; Myriads of... | |
 | Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 486 pages
...the torrent dance thee down To find him in the valley : let the wild Lean-headed eagles yelp alone, and leave The monstrous ledges there to slope, and...the vales Await thee : azure pillars of the hearth Await thee ; — the children call, and I, Thy shepherd, pipe, and sweet is every sound, Sweeter i... | |
 | 1871 - 776 pages
...ledges there to slofe .... .... out come ; for all the vales Await thee ; azure pillars of the hea'h Arise to thee ; the children call, and I. Thy shepherd, pipe, and sweet is every sound.** The closing example is from "The Thalysia," or Harvest-Home, which has furnished Mr. Tennyson with... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 446 pages
...the torrent dnnce thee down To find him in the valley; let the wild Ix?an-headed Eagles yelp alone, and leave The monstrous ledges there to slope, and...a broken purpose waste in air; So waste not thou; hut come; for all the vales Await tlu-e; azure pillars of the hearth Arise to thee; the children call,... | |
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Nor wilt thou snare him in the white ravine, Nor find him dropt upon the firths of ice. That huddling slant in furrow-cloven falls To roll the torrent out of dusky doors: But follow ; let the torrent dance thee down To find him in the valley; let the... 
