 Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things And battles long ago; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again?  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 296edited by - 1889Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...Will no one tell me what she sings 1 — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-oif things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ] • " Suggested by a beautiful sentence in Thomas Wilkinson's Tour in Scotland." — Miss Wordsworth's... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pages
...In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. " Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of the day, —... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the furthest Orcades. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. Or is it some uiore humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1860 - 136 pages
...spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas 15 Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ?— Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: 20 Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter 1 of to-day... | |
 | Virginia De Forrest - 1860 - 368 pages
...In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today ? Some... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...In spring-time, from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day 1 Some... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings P Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things And battles long ago : Or, is it some more humble lay, Familiar matters of the day P Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, What has been, and may be again P Whate'er... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 pages
...In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers* flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago ; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ?—... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. 3. "Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some... | |
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