 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With woeful measures wan DESPAIR — Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange,...mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O HOPE ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With woful measures, wan Despair — Low, sullen sounds his grief beguil'd : A solemn,...mingled air : 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...with hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair, Low, sullen sounds his grief beguiled; solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. Hut thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure 1 Still it whispered promised pleasure,... | |
 | William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...with hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair, Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled : A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, oh Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 234 pages
...clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair 25 Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delightful measure ? 30 Still it whisper'd promis'd... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 234 pages
...clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair 25 Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delightful measure ? 30 Still it whisper'd promis'd... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 236 pages
...clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair 25 Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delightful measure ? 3o Still it whisper'd promis'd... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 432 pages
...hurried hand the strings. With woeful measures wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised pleasure... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 pages
...hurried band the strings. With woeful measures, wan Despair Low, sullen sounds his grief beguiled; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised pleasure,... | |
 | English poetry - 1899 - 788 pages
...hurried hand, the strings. 25 With woful measures wan despair Low, sullen sounds his grief beguiled ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair, 30 What was thy delightful measure? Still it whispered promised... | |
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twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She... 
