Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart ; Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way, As the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep... Don Juan: Cantos III, IV, and V. - Sida 62efter George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 218 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| George Musgrave Musgrave - 1857 - 346 sidor
...and the resting place of those far away— and felt the full force of those well known lines — " Soft hour which wakes the wish and melts the heart...seas, on the first day When they from their sweet home are torn apart, And fills with love the traveller on his way, As the far distant gun-fire makes... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 sidor
...Are gather' d round us by thy look of rest ; Thou bring'st the child, too, to the mother's breast. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...day's decay ; Is this a fancy which our reason scorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies but something mourns ! * When Nero perish'd by thejustest doom Which ever... | |
| Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 sidor
...Are gathered' round us by thy look of rest ; Thou bring'st the child, too, to the mother's breast. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...day's decay ; Is this a fancy which our reason scorns? Ah ! surely nothing dies, but something mourns ! THE SEA.— (Childe Harold.) ROLL on, thou deep and... | |
| Herbert Grey - 1860 - 346 sidor
..." And a poet has expressed it, dear Rose," I answered ; " do you remember the lines beginning — ' Soft hour ! which wakes the wish, and melts the heart, Of those who sail the seas — ' " " Oh, yes," cried Rose, " I think I do. I fancy 1 do remember them, but I am not sure. Whose... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 sidor
...dear, Are gather'd round us by thy look of rest ; Thou bring'st the child, too, to the mother's breast. Soft hour! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...day's decay; Is this a fancy which our reason scorns? Ah! surely nothing dies but something mourns !t When Nero perish'd by the justest doom Which ever the... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 sidor
...And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seemed stirred with prayer. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay. EVEN1NG. — MUon. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things... | |
| Popular poetry - 1862 - 244 sidor
...And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seemed stirred with prayer. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay. Byron. EVENING. CALM is the fragrant air, and loth to lose Pay's grateful warmth, though moist with... | |
| Émile Littré - 1863 - 512 sidor
...excuse pour les citations que je fais; je demande qu'on la pèse et qu'on la juge. Soft hour ! whieh wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail...pilgrim on his way, As the far bell of vesper makes hiin start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay ; Is this a fancy which our reason scorns ? Ah! surely... | |
| Emile Littré - 1863 - 512 sidor
...là. Voilà mon excuse pour les citations que je fais; je demande qu'on la pèse et qu'on la juge. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...from their sweet friends are torn apart, Or fills wilh love the pilgrim on his way, As the far bell of vesper mal;es him start, Seeming to weep the dying... | |
| Henry Twells - 1864 - 318 sidor
...dear, Are gathered round us by thy look of rest ; Thou bring'st the child, too, to the mother's breast. Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart...Seeming to weep the dying day's decay ; Is this a lancy which our reason scorns ? Ah ! surely nothing dies, but something mourns ! LORD RYRON. 176. KING... | |
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