 | John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1850
...the earth, earthy. What I am about to read is from his last long poem, " The Princess:" Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,... | |
 | Truth-seeker and present age - 1849 - 542 pages
...minutes ' lightlicr move.' The following exquisite melody is sung by one of her maids : ' Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1850 - 462 pages
...the earth, earthy. What I am about to read is from his last long poem, "The Princess:" Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Riso in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 290 pages
...minutes fledged with music ;" and a maid, Of those beside her, smote her harp, and sang : " Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean Tears from the depth...heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. " Fresh as the first beam glittering on a... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 300 pages
...minutes fledged with music ; " and a maid, Of those beside her, smote her harp, and sang : " Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean Tears from the depth...heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. " Fresh as the first beam glittering on a... | |
 | Catherine Anne Hubback - 1851 - 924 pages
...world his exquisite lines, but Cecil's feelings cannot be more accurately described : " Tears — idle tears — I know not what they mean ; Tears from the...Rise in the heart and gather to the eyes, In looking o'er the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. ***** " Dear as remembered... | |
 | George Higby Throop - Bertie County (N.C.) - 1851 - 250 pages
...retired, and for me there was no sleep until it was well-nigh day. O ! those days at Cypress Shore ! " Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail That brings our friends up from the under world, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge, So... | |
 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - Wit and humor - 1852 - 388 pages
...irresistible inward sadness : and as we walked, these lines of TENNYSON came to mind : ' TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...the heart and gather to the eyes, In looking on the fading autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more ! ' There are no two sadder words in... | |
 | 1852 - 518 pages
...'unfamiliar scenes, till for us too ' Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, find gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn...fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.' The instinct of travelling is opposed to all this. A large-hearted man, though spending his life in... | |
 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - Wit and humor - 1852 - 350 pages
...irresistible inward sadness : and as we walked, these lines of TENNYSON came to mind : ' TEAKS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair, Eise in the heart and gather to the eyes, In looking on the fading autumn fields, And thinking of the... | |
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TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on... 
