 There are some happy moments in this lone And desolate world of ours, that well repay The toil of struggling through it, and atone For many a long, sad night and weary day.  Fanny - Page 11by Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1821 - 63 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1822 - 298 pages
...given, When she, in turn, should be a belle, and they Had lived their little hour, and pass'd away. _ XX. There are some happy, moments in this lone And...upon the mind like some wild air Of distant music, when we know not where, XXI. Orwhence,the sounds are brought from; and their pow'r, Though brief, is... | |
 | Lady, A Lady - Bereavement - 1836 - 338 pages
...he fell asleep — and now he seems to rest like Lazarus in Abraham's bosom. HORNE. HAPPY MOMENTS. THERE are some happy moments in this lone And desolate...night, and weary day. They come upon the mind like some mild air Of distant musie, when we know not where, Or whence the sounds are brought from, and their... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1838 - 488 pages
...mouths, and suck coffee tbrough a quill 1 — but never, never give up the social pipe 1 Thank God, there are some happy moments in this lone and desolate world of ours, that will repay the toil of struggling tbrough it, and atone for many a long sad night and weary day ; they... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - American poetry - 1839 - 158 pages
...groups assembled there, Were heard, as round their lone plebeian hearth Fanny and he were seated — he would dare To whisper fondly, that the time might...upon the mind like some wild air Of distant music, when we know not where, XXI. Or whence, the sounds are Drought from, and their power, Though brief,... | |
 | 1842 - 818 pages
...are some excellent passages in the poem. The following is very gracefully and feelingly expressed : "There are some happy moments in this lone And desolate world of ours, that well reply The toil of struggling through it, and atone For many a long sad night and weary day. They come... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Literary Criticism - 1847 - 308 pages
...to be given When she, in turn, should be a belle, and they Had lived their little hour, and passed away. XX. There are some happy moments in this lone...upon the mind like some wild air Of distant music, when we know not where, XXI. Or whence, the sounds are brought from, and their power, Though brief,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 432 pages
...it not, Aud trembling with each pitiless gust that blows, Till its faint fire is spent. HENRY NEELE. There are some happy moments in this lone And desolate...of struggling through it, and atone For many a long s;id night and weary day. They come upon the mind like some wild air Of distant music, when we kuow... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 pages
...Introduction to the Dictionary will be found all the necessary instruction for his guidance. Selections. 1. There are some happy moments in this lone And desolate...upon the mind like some wild air Of distant music, when we know not where, Or whence the sounds are brought from — and their power Though brief, is... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 380 pages
...writing of this poem, there are scattered here and there some beautiful thoughts, tenderly expressed. " There are some happy moments in this lone And desolate...upon the mind like some wild air Of distant music, when we know not where, " Or whence, the sounds are brought from, and their power, Though brief, is... | |
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