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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... "
A thousand and one gems of English poetry, selected and arranged by C. Mackay - Page 472
edited by - 1897
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread...stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that ofitimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.™...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! JVo hungry generations tread thee down : The voice I hear...amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. 19 Forlorn !...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! JVo hungry generations tread thee down : The voice I hear...amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.™ Forlorn !...
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The Poetical Works of John Keats: In Two Parts, Parts 1-2

John Keats - English poetry - 1846 - 340 pages
...ears in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. IC5 VII. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry generations tread...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. VIII. Forlorn...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review by Francis Jeffrey, Volume 2

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...and spectre- thiu, and dies ! Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs. The voice I hear, this passing night, was heard In...amid the alien corn ! The same that oft-times hath Charm 'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn." — p. 108...
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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayley

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1846 - 332 pages
...wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I heard this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor...amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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Sketches of the Poetical Literature of the Past Half-century in Six Lectures

David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1851 - 398 pages
...lustrous eyes, Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow. 220 KEATS' UNTUTORED FANCY. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread...same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the very word is like a spell...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...wouldst thou sing, and I have earn in vain — To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread...alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charmed magic casement«, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the very word is...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! JVo hungry generations tread thee down : The voice I hear...amid the alien corn ; The same that ofttimes hath Charm' d magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.™ § Forlorn...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain,— To thy high requiem become a sod. Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread...found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home. She stood in tears amid the alien corn; Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll...
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