Thou hast my earlier friends, the good, the kind, Yielded to thee with tears — The venerable form, the exalted mind. My spirit yearns to bring The lost ones back — yearns with desire intense, And struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart, and pluck... Selections from the American Poets - Стр. 201авторы: William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - Страниц: 316Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - 1828 - Страниц: 384
...yearns with desire intense ; And struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence. In vain — thy gates deny All passage save to those...unknown — to thee Earth's wonder and her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea. Labours of good to man, Unpublished charity, unbroken faith —... | |
| 1832 - Страниц: 868
...yearns with desire intense And struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence. In vain ;— thy gates deny All passage, save to those...who hence depart • Nor to the streaming eye Thou givest them back, nor to the broken heart. In Ihy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown— to... | |
| 1832 - Страниц: 542
...yearns with desire intense, And struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence. In vain — thy gates deny All passage save to those who hence depart ; Nor to the streaming eye Thou givest them back — nor to the broken heart. In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown —... | |
| Sidney Willard - 1832 - Страниц: 560
...with desire intense, And struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence. " In vain — thy gates deny All passage save to those who hence depart ; Nor to the streaming eye Thou givest them back — nor to the broken heart. " In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown —... | |
| 1832 - Страниц: 534
...desire intense, And struggles hard to wring Tby bolts apart, and pluck tby captives thence. In vajn-*tby gates deny All passage save to those who hence depart ; Nor to the streaming eye Thou givest them back — uor to the broken heart. In tby abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown —... | |
| Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - 1833 - Страниц: 64
...empires sit in sullermess and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown. To thee Earth's wonder and her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea. Full many a mighty name Lurks in thy depths, unuttered, unrevered,... | |
| 1837 - Страниц: 408
...with desire intense, And struggles hard to wring The bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence. " In vain ; — thy gates deny All passage, save to...those who hence depart ; Nor to the streaming eye Thou givest them back, nor to the broken heart. " In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown —... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - Страниц: 286
...intense, And struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence. TO THE PAST. 29 In vain — thy gates deny All passage save to those...unknown — to thee Earth's wonder and her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea ; Labours of good to man, Unpublished charity, unbroken faith, —... | |
| 1836 - Страниц: 378
...empires sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown. To thee Earth's wonder and her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea. Full many a mighty name Lurks in thy depths, unuttered, unrevered,... | |
| 1837 - Страниц: 412
...with desire intense, And struggles hard to wring The bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence. " In vain ; — thy gates deny All passage, save to those who hence depart ; Nor to the streaming eye Thon givest them back, nor to the broken heart. " In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown... | |
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