 And, as their splendour flashed and failed, We thought of wrecks upon the main, — Of ships dismasted, that were hailed And sent no answer back again. The windows rattling in their frames, The ocean...  The Spirit of the Age - Page 33edited by - 1850Full view - About this book
 | William Howitt - 1848 - 432 pages
...leave it still unsaid in part, Or say it in too great excess. The very tones in which we spake (lad something strange, I could but mark ; The leaves of...The flames would leap and then expire. And as their splendour flashed and failed, We thought of wrecks upon the main, — Of ships dismasted, that were... | |
 | 1848 - 808 pages
...And leave it still unsaid in pnrt, Or say it in too great excess. The very tones in which we spake Had something strange, I could but mark ; The leaves...make A mournful rustling in the dark. Oft died the wurde upon our lip?, As suddenly, from out the fire Built of the wreck of stranded ship«, The flame«... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...it in too great excess. The very tones in which we spake Had something strange, I could but mark ; Oft died the words upon our lips, As suddenly, from...The flames would leap and then expire. And, as their splendour flashed and failed, We thought of wrecks upon the main, — Of ships dismasted, that were... | |
 | John Critchley Prince - English poetry - 1851 - 302 pages
...interested in Philip's welfare, and as they conversed of him in their little parlour, at twilight, " The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark."* In about four months they received a letter, and knowing the superscription, oh! how joyfully they... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...part, Or say it in too great excess. The very tones iu which we spake Had something strange, I eould but mark ; The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful...words upon our lips, As suddenly, from out the fire Uuilt of the wreck of stranded ships, The flames would leap and then expire. And, as their splendour... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 228 pages
...And leave it still unsaid in part, Or say it in too great excess. The very tones in which we spake Had something strange, I could but mark ; The leaves...lips, As suddenly, from out the fire Built of the wrecks of stranded ships, The flames would leap and then expire. « And, as their splendor flashed... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 234 pages
...And leave it still unsaid in part, Or say it in too great excess. The very tones in which we spake Had something strange, I could but mark ; The leaves...lips, As suddenly, from out the fire Built of the wrecks of stranded ships, The flames would leap and then expire. And, as their splendor flashed and... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...And leave it still unsaid in part, Or say it in too great excess. The very tones in which we spake Had something strange, I could but mark ; The leaves...flames would leap, and then expire. And, as their splendour flash'd and fail'd, We thought of wrecks upon the main, — Of ships dismasted, that were... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...slight swerving of the heart, That words are powerless to express, The very tones in which we spake Had something strange, I could but mark ; The leaves...flames would leap, and then expire. And, as their splendour flashed and failed, We thought of wrecks upon the main, — Of ships dismasted, that were... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
....And leave it still unsaid in part, Or say it in too great excess. The very tones in which we spake Had something strange, I could but mark ; The leaves...flames would leap, and then expire. And, as their splendour flashed and failed, We thought of wrecks upon the main, — Of ships dismasted, that were... | |
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