 I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about: For there I picked up on the heather, And there I put inside my breast A moulted feather, an eagle-feather...  Scribners Monthly - Sida 1801873Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 sidor
...of its own, And a use in the world, no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about — For there I picked up on the...there I put inside my breast A moulted feather, an eagle feather — Well, I forget the rest.' uu Sh I s ARCHBISHOP ABBOT'S LAST HUNT. On the 4th of August... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1856 - 386 sidor
...the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about — 4. For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast A moulted feather, an eagle-feather — Well, I forget the rest. ANDREA DEL SARTO. (CALLED "THE FAULTLESS PAIXTEE.") BUT... | |
 | 1884 - 882 sidor
...own And a certain use in the world, no doubt; Yet a hand's breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about: "For there I picked up on the heather,...there I put inside my breast, A moulted feather, an caylc-feather ! Well, I forget the rest." Since we cannot ask birds for an explanation of their conduct,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1866 - 120 sidor
...of its own And a use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about, — For there I picked up on the...there I put inside my breast A moulted feather, an eagle-feather, — Well, I forget the rest. AFTER. 'THAKE the cloak from his face, and at first _L... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1869 - 900 sidor
...Yet a hand'B-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about ; " For there I picked np on the heather, And there I put inside my breast, A moulted feather, an eagle-feather — Well, I forget the rest." There are few things more striking than the love and reverence... | |
 | 1871 - 314 sidor
...of its own And a use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about, — For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast AFTER. '"T'AKE the cloak from his face, and at first JL Let the corpse do its worst. How he lies in... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1874 - 372 sidor
...the world, no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : IV. For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast A moulted feather, an eagle-feather ! Well, I forget the rest. APPARENT FAILURE. "We shall soon lose a celebrated building."... | |
 | James De Mille - 1878 - 584 sidor
...last. It is a sudden pause in the course of a sentence by which the conclusion is left unexpressed : "For there I picked up on the heather, And there I put within my breast, A moulted feather, an eagle's feather — Well— I forget the rest."— BROWNING.... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1879 - 324 sidor
...own And a certain use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast POPULARITY. I. STAND still, true poet that you are ! I know you ; let me try and draw you. Some night... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 426 sidor
...THE WORLD, NO DOUBT, YET A HAND'S-BREADTH OF IT SHINES ALONE 'MlD THE BLANK MILES ROUND ABOUT : IT. FOR THERE I PICKED UP ON THE HEATHER, AND THERE I PUT INSIDE MY BREAST, A MOULTED FEATHER, AN EAGLE FEATHER ! WELL, I FORGET THE REST. ROUERT BROWNING. PREFACE. SHELLEY, from whose poetry this... | |
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