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" Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick... "
The Foster Brothers: Being a History of the School and College Life of Two ... - Page 148
by James Payn - 1859 - 423 pages
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 47

William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1883 - 826 pages
...down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown — Perhaps the selfsame song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick fcr hone, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casements,...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 119

1860 - 520 pages
...down ; The voice I Lear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps 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.* Shelley is another poet-laureate of this queen...
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A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps 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 ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...down ; The voice 1 hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps 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 ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic...
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Beauties of Modern British Poetry: Systematically Arranged ...

David Grant - English poetry - 1865 - 428 pages
...down; The voice I hear this passing njght was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps 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 ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic...
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"Under Green Leaves.": A Book of Rural Poems

Richard Henry Stoddard - Outdoor life - 1865 - 120 pages
...down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for homo. She stood in tears amid the alien corn : The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic...
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The Standard Poetry Book, Selected from the Best Authors

Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...down; The voice I hear this passing night was iftard In ancient days by emperor and clown; Perhaps 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; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements,...
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Spring-time with the poets, poetry selected and arranged by F. Martin

Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps 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 ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic...
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Gems of English poetry from Chaucer to the present times, selected and ...

Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps 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 ; The same that oft-times hath Oharm'd magic casements,...
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Moxon's standard penny readings [ed. by T. Hood]., Volume 3

Moxon Edward and co - 200 pages
...down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps 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 ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic...
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