... unvarying strain? The old and sad lament With human voices blent, In vain, in vain ! Through the green forest arch The wild winds in their march Sigh and complain; The torrent on the hill Moans to the midnight chill, In vain, in vain ! The hoarse... Studies from the antique, and Sketches from nature - Page 69by Charles Mackay - 1864 - 271 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Henry Davenport Adams - Poetry - 1873 - 552 pages
...midnight chill, In vain, in vain! The hoarse, monotonous waves Attune from all their caves, Through storm and rain, The melancholy cry, To listening earth...vain, in vain! Love mourns its early dead ; Hope its allusions fled, Or rudely slain ; And Wealth and Power prolong The same, th' eternal song, In vain,... | |
| English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...midnight chill, In vain, in vain ! The hoarse, monotonous waves Attune from all their caves, Through storm and rain, The melancholy cry, To listening earth...vain, in vain! Love mourns its early dead ; Hope its allusions fled, Or rudely slain ; And Wealth and Power prolong The same, "th* eternal song, In vain,... | |
| Charles Mackay - Poetry - 1876 - 654 pages
...midnight chill, In vain, in vain 1 The hoarse monotonous waves Attune from all their caves, Through storm and rain, The melancholy cry, To listening Earth and sky, In vain, in vain I Love mourns its early dead ; Hope, its illusions fled, Or rudely slain ; And Wealth and Power prolong... | |
| English poetry - 1885 - 668 pages
...midnight chill, In vain, in vain ! The hoarse monotonous waves Attune from all their caves, Through storm and rain, The melancholy cry, To listening Earth...Toil heart and brain ! One — but the type of all Rolling the dreadful ball In vain ! in vain ! I LOVE MY LOVE. WHAT is the meaning of the song That... | |
| Thomas Young Crowell - English poetry - 1885 - 702 pages
...midnight chill, In vain, in vain ! The hoarse monotonous waves Attune from all their caves. Through storm and rain, The melancholy cry. To listening Earth...The same, th' eternal song, In vain, in vain ! Toil, Sisypbus, toil on ! Thou'rt many, though but one! Toil heart and brain ! i One — but the type of... | |
| Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...Attune from all their caves, Through storm and rain, The melancholy cry, To listening Earth and sky, Love mourns Its early dead ; Hope its Illusions fled,...The same, th' eternal song, /-•; :.,'-/;, in vain I Toil, Sisyphus, toil on ! Thou'rt many, though but one I Toil heart and brain ! One — but the type... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...midnight chill, /;; vain, in vain l The hoarse monotonous waves Attune from all their caves, Through storm and rain, The melancholy cry, To listening Earth and sky, In vain, in vaitc 1 Love mourns its early dead ; Hope its illusions fled, Or rudely slain ; And Wealth and Power... | |
| Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - English poetry - 1902 - 598 pages
...midnight chill, /// vain, in vain ! The hoarse monotonous waves Attune from all their caves, Through storm and rain, The melancholy cry To listening Earth and Sky, In vain, in vain I Love mourns its early dead ; Hope its illusions fled, Or rudely slain ; And Wealth and Power prolong... | |
| 1879 - 484 pages
...midnight chill, In vain, in vain! The hoarse monotonous waves Attune from all their caves, Through storm and rain, The melancholy cry, To listening Earth...Thou'rt many, though but one ! Toil heart and brain! Qne — but the type of all Rolling the dreadful ball, In vain, in vain! WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE AYTOUN... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 848 pages
...midnight chill, Jn^vain, in vain I The hoarse, monotonous waves Attune from all their caves, Through his ears gush'd blood ; for them in death Tho seal on the cold ice with piteous I Love mourns its early dead ; Hope its illusions fled, Or rudely slain ; And Wealth and Power prolong... | |
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