 Comfort ? comfort scorn'd of devils ! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, and when the rain is on...  Christian Examiner and Theological Review - Sida 2421843Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Thomas Powell - 1849 - 324 sidor
...falsehood, by the memory of their former happiness, says that such a memory is a crown of sorrow — " Drug thy memories lest thou learn it, lest thy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, when the rain is on the roof, Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 sidor
...devils! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart...Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy widow'd marriage-pillows,... | |
 | 1850 - 454 sidor
...dead unhappy night, and when the rain i on the roof. lie i dog he hnnti in dram, and thon art flaring at the wall. Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows rise and fall. Then a hand &hall paai before thee, pointing to his drankrn •Wp, To thy widowed marriage-pillow, to the tears... | |
 | 1850 - 498 sidor
...that such a memory is the very crown of sorrow : "Drag thy memories, lest thoo learn it, list tliy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, and when the rain i on the roof. Like a dog he hunts in dreams, anil tliou art .'taring at the wall. Where the dying... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 300 sidor
...devils ! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart...Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows • Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy widowed marriage-pillows,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 290 sidor
...devils! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart...Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy widowed marriage-pillows,... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1851 - 216 sidor
...their former happiness, says that such a memory is a crown of sorrow — " Drug thy memories lestthou learn it. lest thy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, when the rain is on the roof, Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To... | |
 | mrs. Gordon - 1851 - 324 sidor
...repressing, bear testimony to its reality, and utter the requiem of the buried Past. CHAPTER IV. '• Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep — To thy widowed marriage pillows, to the tears that thou wilt weep ; Thou flhalt hear the ' never, never,'... | |
 | 1852 - 1070 sidor
...remembering happier things;' So that one is tempted to continue the strain, 'Drag thy memories, lest them learn It, lest thy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, and when the rain is on the roof.1 My heart is full enough to bid him a cordial and a grateful farewell — too full to continue... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 468 sidor
...hunts in dreams, and thou art staring at the wall, Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows Then a hand shall pass before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy widowed marriage-pillows, to the tears that thou wilt weep. Thou shalt hear the " Never, never," whispered... | |
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