 How touching, when, at midnight, sweep Snow-muffled winds, and all is dark, To hear — and sink again to sleep ! Or, at an earlier call, to mark, By blazing fire, the still suspense Of self-complacent innocence ; The mutual nod, — the grave disguise...  The poetical works of William Wordsworth - Page 5by William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1840Full view - About this book
 | 1889 - 1122 lehte
...without during a snowstorm at night : — " How touching, whtui, Ht iniihiik'ht, sweep Snow-ninnled winds, and all is dark, To hear and sink again to sleep." And now, even though perchance it may be midwinter, let us, like Memnon, be children of Aurora. The... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Henry Norman Hudson - 1889 - 251 lehte
...the door That guards the lowliest of the poor. How touching, when, at midnight, sweep Snow-muffled winds, and all is dark, To hear, — and sink again to sleep I 6 These two stanzas are from a poem of considerable length addressed "To the Lady Fleming." The piece,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, John Morley (viscount) - 1890 - 1012 lehte
...guards the lowliest of the poor. How touching, when, at midnight, sweep Snow-muffled winds, and all ¡s DAY APPOINTED FOR A GENF.RAL THANKSGIVING. JANUARY l8, 1816* The first stan lïy blazing fire, the still suspense Of self-complacent innocence ; The mutual nod, — the grave... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 416 lehte
...inspiration always has an undertone of bourgeois : " How touching, when, at midnight, sweep Snow-muffled winds, and all is dark, To hear, — and sink again to sleep ! " JH, one of those choice poets who will not tarnish their bright fancies by publication, always... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 386 lehte
...inspiration always has an undertone of bourgeois : " How touching, when, at midnight, sweep Snow-muffled winds, and all is dark, To hear, — and sink again to sleep ! " JH, one of those choice poets who will not tarnish their bright fancies by publication, always... | |
 | Harrison Smith Morris - 1891 - 276 lehte
...touching, when at midnight sweep Snow-muffled winds, and all is dark, To hear — and sink again in sleep ! Or at an earlier call, to mark, By blazing...disguise Of hearts with gladness brimming o'er, And some unhidden tears that rise For names once heard, and heard no more ; Christmas Minstrelsy. 45 Teare brightened... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 970 lehte
...when, at midnight, sweep Snow-muffled winds, and all is dark, To hear — and sink again to sleep I Or, at an earlier call, to mark, By blazing fire,...unbidden tears that rise For names once heard, and heard nu more; Tears brightened by the serenade For infant in the cradle laid. Ah! not for emerald fields... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 654 lehte
...winds, and all is dark, To hear — and sink again to sleep ! Or, at an earlier call, to mark, 4° By blazing fire, the still suspense Of self-complacent...brimming o'er ; And some unbidden tears that rise 45 For names once heard, and heard no more ; Tears brightened by the serenade For infant in the cradle... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 648 lehte
...the door 35 That guards the lowliest of the poor. How touching, when at midnight, sweep Snow-muffled winds, and all is dark, To hear — -and sink again to sleep ! Or, at an earlier call, to mark, 4° By blazing fire, the still suspense Of self-complacent innocence ; The mutual nod, — the grave... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 656 lehte
...the door 35 That guards the lowliest of the poor. How touching, when at midnight, sweep Snow-muffled winds, and all is dark, To hear — and sink again to sleep ! Or, at an earlier call, to mark, 4° By blazing fire, the still suspense Of self-complacent innocence ; The mutual nod, — the grave... | |
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