 | Algernon de Vivier Tassin - English literature - 1923 - 431 pages
...And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears. Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast. Through midnight...hours that yield no more their former hope of rest; 'T is but as ivy-leaves around the ruin'd turret wreathe, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1924 - 458 pages
...Ami though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears. Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast. Through midnight...former hope of rest ; 'Tis but as ivy-leaves around the ruinM turret wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and gray beneath. Oh could I feel... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1910 - 935 pages
...'t is where the ice appears. Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breust. ; T is but as ivy-leaves around the ruin'd turret wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn... | |
 | George William McClelland - English Literature (selections: Extracts, Etc.) - 1925 - 1144 pages
...And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears. Though wit may flash from fluent " and such is literally the character of it. Coleridge remarks very pertinently ruined turret wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and grey beneath. 633 Oh, could... | |
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Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itself comes down ; It cannot feel for others' woes, it dare not dream its own ; That heavy chill has frozen o'er the fountain of our tears, And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears. 
