Over its grave i' the earth so chilly ; Heavily hangs the hollyhock, Heavily hangs the tiger-lily. ii The air is damp, and hush'd, and close, As a sick man's room when he taketh repose An hour before death ; My very heart faints and my whole soul grieves... Poems - Page 37by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1874 - 186 pages
...air is damp, and hush'd, and close, As a sick man's room when he taketh repose An hour before death ; My very heart faints and my whole soul grieves At...hangs the hollyhock, Heavily hangs the tiger-lily. A CHARACTER. WITH a half-glance upon the sky At night he said, " The wanderings Of this most intricate... | |
| 1874 - 752 pages
...air is damp, and hushed, and close As a sick man's room when he taketh repose An hour before death ; My very heart faints, and my whole soul grieves, At...breath Of the fading edges of box beneath, And the last year's rose. Heavily hangs the broad sunflower Over its grave in the earth so chilly ; Heavily... | |
| 1874 - 858 pages
...air is damp, and hush'd, and close As a sick man's room when he taketh repose An hour before death ; My very heart faints, and my whole soul grieves, At...breath ;. Of the fading edges of box beneath, And the last year's rose. Heavily hangs the broad sunflower Over its grave in the earth so chilly ; Heavily... | |
| Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1874 - 612 pages
....air is damp, and hush d, and close As a sick man's room when he taketh repose An hour before death ; My very heart faints, and my whole soul grieves, At...moist, rich smell of the rotting leaves, And the breath i Of the fading edges of box beneath, And the last year's rosa Heavily hangs the broad sunflower Over... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1875 - 336 pages
...air is damp, and hush'd, and close, As a sick man's room when he taketh repose An hour before death ; And the breath Of the fading edges of box beneath,...hangs the hollyhock, Heavily hangs the tiger-lily. A CHARACTER. WITH a half-glance upon the sky At night he said, " The wanderings Of this most intricate... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 pages
...hear him sob and sigh In the walks ; Earthward he boweth the heavy stalks Of the mouldering flowers : Heavily hangs the broad sunflower Over its grave i'...hangs the hollyhock, Heavily hangs the tiger-lily. The air is damp, and hush'd, and close, As a sick man's room when he taketh repose An hour before death... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1876 - 452 pages
...may hearhim sob and sigh In the walks; Earthwardheboweththeheavy stalks Of the mouldering flowers: Heavily hangs the broad sunflower Over its grave i'...hangs the hollyhock, Heavily hangs the tiger-lily. ir. The air is damp, and hush'd, and close, Aaasick man's loom when he taketh repose An hour before... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1877 - 392 pages
...hreath Of the fading edges of hox heneath, And the year's last rose. Heavily hangs the hroad snnflower Over its grave i' the earth so chilly. Heavily hangs the hollyhock, Heavily hangs the tiger-Illy. ADELINE. MTSTEET of mysteries, Faintly smiling Adeline, Scarce of earth nor all divine,... | |
| Emma Jane Worboise - 1877 - 602 pages
...side the Wreford territories, she might have said : — " Heavily hangs the broad sunflower, Over the grave i' the earth so chilly ; Heavily hangs the hollyhock, Heavily hangs the tiger lily." Or she might have apostrophised the " sweet messenger of calm decay," warbling near her... | |
| Violet Fletcher (fict.name.) - 1877 - 234 pages
...already been nipped by the early frosts, and hung withered and black on their stalks. " Heavily hung the broad sunflower, Over its grave i' the earth so chilly ; Heavily hung the hollyhock, Heavily hung the tiger-lily." The sight of a garden in autumn readily Suggests... | |
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