 | 1846 - 436 pages
...Alas for love, if thou wert all, And naught beyond, O Earth ! THE SOLITARY REAPER. — Wordsworth. BEHOLD her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland...overflowing with the sound. No nightingale did ever chant More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers, in some shady haunt Among Arabian sands ; Such... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...give. The prosaic character of the field-work is somewhat changed when we hear the song of Wordsworth's solitary reaper : — Behold her, single in the field,...and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain ; O listen ! for the vale profound Is overflowing with the 'sound. No nightingale did ever chaunt More... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 pages
...work for the year is done, Thy master comes for the spoil, Woe then for thee, thou busy bee ! Southey. THE SOLITARY REAPER. Behold her single in the field,...and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain ; O listen ! for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. For old, unhappy far-off things,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...and einging by herself ; Stop here, or gently pass ! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And »ings a melancholy strain ; 0 listen ! for the Vale profound...travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian sands : A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 378 pages
...thought Of travelling through the world that lay Before me in my endless way. VII. THE SOLITARY REAPEK. BEHOLD her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland...and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain ; O listen ! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chant More... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 506 pages
...following poem l was suggested to Wm. by a beautiful sentence in Thomas Wilkinson's Tour in Scotland. "Behold her single in the field, Yon solitary Highland...binds the grain, • And sings a melancholy strain ; Oh ! listen, for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound." ' ' Friday, September 16th. —... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1853 - 300 pages
...example gave, And such revere ; But be admonished by his grave, And think, and fear ! 1803. • IF \I f THE SOLITARY REAPER. BEHOLD her, single in the field,...and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain ; O listen ! for the Vale profound, Is overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chant More... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marie." — SYDNEY SMITH. THE SOLITARY REAPER. BEHOLD her, single in the field,...and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain ; O listen ! for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No nightingale did ever chant More... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...sweetness with the thought Of travelling through the world that lay Before me in my endless way. VII. THE SOLITARY REAPER. BEHOLD her, single in the field,...overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chant More welcome notes to weary bands Of Travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian Sands: Such... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 pages
...another song of you. IZAAK WALTOX, 1598-16SS. TUB SOLITARY REAPER. Behold her single in the 6eld, You solitary Highland lass! Reaping and singing by herself;...overflowing with the sound. No nightingale did ever chaunt So sweetly to reposing bands Of travelers in sonic shady haunt, Among Arabian lands. No sweeter voice... | |
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No Nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian sands: A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. 
