...thoughts of happy and rejoicing creatures over whom the dark but as yet unfelt doom has already broken. That loss is common would not make My own less bitter,...some heart did break. O father, wheresoe'er thou be, That pledges! now thy gallant son ; A shot, ere half thy draught be done, Hath stilled the life that...

..." Loss is common to the race,"And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain. That loss is common would not make My own less bitter,...some heart did break. O father, wheresoe'er thou be, That pledges! now thy gallant son ; A shot, ere half thy draught be done, Hath stilled the life that...

...Loss is common to the race ' — And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain. That loss is common would not make My own less bitter,...morning wore To evening, but some heart did break. 0 father, wheresoe'er thou be, That pledgest now thy gallant son ; A shot, ere half thy draught be...

...Loss is common to the race ' — And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain. That loss is common would not make My own less bitter,...morning wore To evening, but some heart did break. 0 father, wheresoe'er thou be, That pledgest now thy gallant son ; A shot, ere half thy draught be...

...following, though a few lines may be a little obscure : " O, Father ! wheresoe'er thon be, That pledges! now thy gallant son; A shot, ere half thy draught be done, Hath stilled the life tnat beat for thee. O, Mother ! praying God will save Thy sailor, while thy head is...

...Loss is common to the race ' — And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain. That loss is common would not make My own less bitter,...some heart did break. O father, wheresoe'er thou be, That pledgest now thy gallant son ; A shot, ere half thy draught be done, Hath still'd the life that...

...common ! Never morning wore To evening; but some heart did break. O father, wheresoe'er thou be, That pledgest now thy gallant son ; A shot, ere half thy...beat from thee. O mother, praying God will save Thy sailor,—while thy head is bow'd, His heavy-shotted hammock-shroud Ye know no more than I who wrought...

...the admirers of Tennyson to compare the stanzas in vi. : — " Oh father, wheresoe'er thou be, That pledgest now thy gallant son, A shot, ere half thy...be done, Hath still'd the life that beat from thee. /' Oh mother, praying God will save Thy sailor — while thy head is bow'd, His heavy-shotted hammock...

...Demipho is purposely made to talk gravely, we may compare Tennyson's beautiful turn of this idea : " That loss is common would not make My own less bitter...morning wore To evening, but some heart did break." (In Memoriam, VI.) Quicquid praeter spem eveniat omne id deputare esse in lucro. Ge. O Phaedria, incredibile...

...Loss is common to the race'—- And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain. That loss is common would not make My own less bitter,...from thee. O mother, praying God will save • Thy sailor,—while thy head is bow'd, His heavy-shotted hammock-shroud Drops in his vast and wandering...