Comfort? comfort scorned of devils; this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, and when the rain is on... Poems - Page 100by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1879 - 524 pages
...devils ! this is truth the poet eings, That a sorrow's erown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart be put to proof, ln tue dead unhappy night, and when the rain ie on the roof. Like a dog, he hunts in .tn ums, and thou... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 488 pages
...sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart be pul to proof, In the dead unhappy night, and when the...before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy widowed marriage-pillows, to the tears that thou wilt weep. Thou shalt hear the "Never, never," whispered... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 582 pages
...devils ! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy .heart...is on the roof. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams, and them art staring at the wall, Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows rise and fall. Then... | |
| Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1880 - 356 pages
...me, in my utter woe." Or to one smarting under a self-inflicted heart wound, inflicted in youth — " Drug thy memories lest thou learn it, Lest thy heart...unhappy night, and when the rain is on the roof." II. THE POWER OF EXPRESSION. — The second poetic quality is the power of expression ; the poet invents... | |
| Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1880 - 354 pages
...me, in my utter woe." Or to one smarting under a self-inflicted heart wound, inflicted in youth — " Drug thy memories lest thou learn it, Lest thy heart...unhappy night, and when the rain is on the roof." II. THE POWER OF EXPRESSION. — The second poetic quality is the power of expression ; the poet invents... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier tilings. Drag s temple of oblivion ! Millions of millions thus,...simplest skill and toil unweariable, No moment and no m -a e-*Like a dog, lie hunts in dreams ; and thou art staring at the wall, Where the dying night-lamp... | |
| William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...! This is truth the poet 100 sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart be put to proof, ,o5 In the dead, unhappy night, when the rain is on the roof. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams, and thou... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1881 - 502 pages
...things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart be put to proof, In the dead unhappy night, when the rain is on the roof. Like a dog, he hunts...thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy widow'd marriage pillows, to the tears that thou wilt weep. Thou shall hear the " Never, never," whisper'd... | |
| Robert Weir Brown - 1881 - 348 pages
...almost separated from her daughter, and not grieve ? We know not what may have been her thoughts — " In the dead, unhappy night, And when the rain is on the roof, * * * * And thou art staring at the wall ; Where the dying night-lamp flickers, And the shadows rise... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 pages
...devils ! this is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it, lest thy heart...before thee, pointing to his drunken sleep, To thy wtdow'd marriage-pillows, to the tears that thou wilt weep. Thou shalt hear the "Never, never," whisper'... | |
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