...render No song when the spirit is mute :— No song but sad dirges, Like the wind in a ruined cell, III. When hearts have once mingled, Love first leaves the...nest; The weak one is singled To endure what it once possessed. O Love, who bewailest The frailty of all things here, Why choose you the frailest For your...

...No song when the spirit is mute — No song but sad dirges, Like the wind through a ruined cell, Or the mournful surges That ring the dead seaman's knell....storms rock the ravens on high ; Bright reason will mock thee Like the sun from a wintry sky ; From thy nest every rafter Will rot, and thine eagle-home...

...dirges, Like the wind through a ruined cell, Or the mournful surges That ring the dead seaman's knell. m. When hearts have once mingled Love first leaves the...frailest For your cradle, your home and your bier? Iv. Its passions will rock thee As the storms rock the ravens on high : Bright reason will mock thee,...

...speaks of "love's sad satiety," and gives us, again, a wholly doleful song containing the lines— " When hearts have once mingled, Love first leaves the...frailest For your cradle, your home, and your bier ? " We have Burns also briefly to the same effect as all the rest, though' he lightens the sadness...

...mingled, Love first leaves the well-built nest; The weak one is singled To endure what it once possessed. O Love ! who bewailest The frailty of all things here,...storms rock the ravens on high; Bright reason will mock thee Like the sun from a wintry sky. From thy nest every rafter Will rot, and thine eagle home...

...No song when the spirit is mute — No song but sad dirges, Like the wind through a ruin'd cell, Or the mournful surges That ring the dead seaman's knell....nest; The weak one is singled To endure what it once possessed. O Love ! who bewailest The frailty of all things here, Why choose you the frailest For your...

...mingled, Love first leaves the well-built nest; The weak one is singled To endure what it once possessed. O Love ! who bewailest The frailty of all things here,...choose you the frailest For your cradle, your home, and yoiu bier? Its passions will rock thee As the storms rock the ravens on high; Bright reason will mock...

...dirges, Like the wind in a ruined cell, Or the mournful surges That ring the dead seaman's knell. in. When hearts have once mingled, Love first leaves the...nest ; The weak one is singled To endure what it once possessed. O Love, who bewailest The frailty of all things here, Why chose you the frailest For your...

...render No song when the spirit is mute : No song but sad dirges, Like the wind in a ruined cell, Or the mournful surges That ring the dead seaman's knell....nest ; The weak one is singled To endure what it once possessed. O Love, who bewailest The frailty of all things here, Why choose you the frailest For your...

...song when the spirit is mute : — No song but sad dirges, Like the wind through a ruined cell, Or the mournful surges That ring the dead seaman's knell....storms rock the ravens on high : Bright reason will mock thee, Like the sun from a wintry sky. From thy nest every rafter Will rot, and thine eagle home...