 A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird; It ceased, and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard, And mine was thankful till my eyes Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate...  Littell's Living Age - Page 4011849Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise. And they that moment, could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch'd, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch'd, as fond and tame, THE VIEW FROM THE DUNGEON. 89 And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track ; 24 I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round...But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch'd, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 pages
...the mate of misery ; Vl/ut then by dull degrees came back My tenses to their wonted track ; Igra i ' I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round...But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch'd, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...nute of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back Hy mues to thai wonted track ; M I saw the dnngeon m another clime Had lent a flagging wing to weary...Time. They see, they recognize, yet almost deem The perch'd, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with asure wings, And song... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...eyes, Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery. But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...bird was perched, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things, And seemed to... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...eyes, Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery. But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...bird was perched, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things, And seemed to... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...ran over with the glad surprise ; and they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery: but then, by dull degrees, came back my senses to their...wonted track ; I saw the dungeon walls and floor close glowly round me as before — I saw the glimmer of the sun creeping as it before had done : — but... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 pages
...Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch' d, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree; A lovely bird with azure wings, And song... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 pages
...Ran over with the plad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their...But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch'd, as fond and tame, And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song... | |
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