 | 1854 - 400 pages
...hear this passing night was heard. In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same sons; that found a path Through the Bad heart of Ruth, when, sick for homo, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements,... | |
 | James Payn - English fiction - 1859 - 464 pages
...lo ! a noontide without oppression, an indescribable mid-day coolness, or, it may be, summer rain, soft falling, gracious, like a sensible blessing upon..."perchance the self-same song that found a path through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home she stood in tears amid the alien corn ;" and loud, and long,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1910 - 966 pages
...down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps ately garden thereunto. And thus ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall." She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening... | |
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Divine lips, and, lo ! a noontide without oppression, an indescribable mid-day coolness, or, it may be, summer-rain, soft falling, gracious, like a sensible blessing upon the heart and stretched-out hands. "The lark can scarce shake out the notes for... 