NURSE'S SONG. WHEN the voices of children are heard on the green, And laughing is heard on the hill, My heart is at rest within my breast, And everything else is still. Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of night arise ; Come,... The poetical works of William Blake - Page 72by William Blake - 1914 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1881 - 1046 pages
...from the poet's heart. There is a rare charm in its combined loveliness of quietude and animation : ' When the voices of children are heard on the green,...Then come home, my children ! the sun is gone down, And the dews of night arise ; Come, come, leave oft' play, and let us away, Till the morning appears... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pages
...sing the sweet chorus of Ha, ha, bel The following is simply and exquisitely beautiful : — NURSES' SONG. When the voices of children are heard on the...the hill, My heart is at rest, within my breast, And every thing else is still. Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of night... | |
| Alexander Gilchrist, Anne Burrows Gilchrist - 1863 - 366 pages
...their innocent faces clean ... 37 NIGHT. The sun descending in the Vest 38 SPUING. Sound lhe flute ! 40 NURSE'S SONG. When the voices of children are heard on the green 41 INFANT JOY. / hate no name 42 A DREAM. Once a dream did weave a shade 43 ON ANOTHER'S SORROW. Can... | |
| Anonymous - 1865 - 602 pages
...remind us of Shelley. We quote two, regretting that we have not space for a fuller analysis : — Nune's Song. When the voices of children are heard on the...Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of night arise ; Come, come, leave off play, and let us away Till the morning appears... | |
| 1865 - 600 pages
...regretting that we have not space for a fuller analysis:— Nurse's Song. When the voices of children ore heard on the green, And laughing is heard on the hill,...Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of night arise ; Come, come, leave off play, and let us away Till the morning appears... | |
| 1865 - 600 pages
...that we have not space for a fuller analysis : — Nurse's Sony. When the voices of children arc hoard on the green, And laughing is heard on the hill, My...Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of night arise ; Come, come, leave off play, and let us away Till the morning appears... | |
| William Blake - 1866 - 132 pages
...storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy ; And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. NUKSE'S SONG. WHEN the voices of children are heard on the green, And whisperings are in the dale, The days of my youth rise fresh in my mind, My face turns green and pale.... | |
| Merry heart, Melville Gray - 1871 - 244 pages
...couldn't, how could I ? I couldn't without I could, could I ? You couldn't without you could, could you ? NURSE'S SONG. "WHEN the voices of children are heard...Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of night arise ; Come, come, leave off play, and let us away Till the morning appears... | |
| William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy ; And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. NURSE'S SONG. WHEN the voices of children are heard on the green, And whisperings are in the dale, The days of my youth rise fresh in my mind, My face turns green and pale.... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 pages
...along, And never looks behind ; And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind. W. Wordsworth *4* NURSE'S SONG WHEN the voices of children are heard...Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of night arise ;. Come, come, leave off play, and let us away Till the morning appears... | |
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