Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last— far off— at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream ; but what am I ? An infant crying in the night ; An infant crying for the light, And with no... College Greek Course in English - Page 111by William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1884 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1861 - 606 pages
...good shall fall At last — far off— at last, to all, And every winter turn to spring. " So runs ray dream : but what am I ? An infant crying in the night : An infant crying for the light: And with no language but a cry." Docs, then, all our prying " through life and death, through good and... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 390 pages
...trust that good shall fall At last — far off— at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream : but what am I ? An infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light: LIV. 'TT^HE wish, that of the living whole No life may fail beyond the... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1861 - 614 pages
...but wish that good frhall fall At last, far off— at last to all, And every winter turn to spring. " So runs my dream ; but what am I ? An infant crying in the night, 1861-1 An infant crying for the light, And with no language but a cry." It is a wish that nature herself... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...trust that good shall fall At last—far off— at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream : but what am I ? An infant crying...in the night : An infant crying for the light : And with no language but a cry. LIY. THE wish, that of the living whole No life may fail beyond the grave,... | |
| Richard Sibbes - 1863 - 736 pages
...the father or mother, there is relief presently for the very cry.' Tennyson has finely put this : — •What am I? An infant crying in the night, An infant crying for the light, * And with no language hut a cry.' — In Memoriam, liii. (4) P. 96.—' As Tertullian saith, ..." When men... | |
| Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1863 - 340 pages
...little infant that cannot tell its needs ; for true, as beautiful, are the words of the poet : — "So runs my dream ; but what am I ? An infant crying...night, — An infant crying for the light, — And with no language but a cry." There was a man who once said, that he was the best-abused man in Britain.... | |
| Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1863 - 338 pages
...little infant that cannot tell its needs ; for true, as beautiful, are the words of the poet : — " So runs my dream ; but what am I ? An infant crying...night, — An infant crying for the light, — And with no language but a cry." There was a man who once said, that he was the best-abused man in Britain.... | |
| Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1863 - 358 pages
...little infant that cannot tell its needs ; for true, as beautiful, are the words of the poet : — " So runs my dream ; but what am I ? An infant crying...night, — An infant crying for the light, — And with no language but a cry." There was a man who once said, that he was the best-abused man in Britain.... | |
| Norman Macleod - 1863 - 338 pages
...a moth with vain desire Is shrivelFd in a pent-up fire, Or but subserves another's gain. * * * * " So runs my dream : but what am I? An infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light: And with no language but a cry. * * * * " I falter where I firmly trod ; And falling with my weight of... | |
| Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1863 - 332 pages
...infant that cannot tell its needs ; for true, as beautiful, are the words of the poet : — " So rims my dream ; but what am I ? An infant crying in the...night, — An infant crying for the light, — • And with no language but a cry." There was a man who once said, that he was the best-abused man in Britain.... | |
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