 Some things that may sweeten gladness, In the very gall of sadness. The dull loneness, the black shade, That these hanging vaults have made; The strange music of the waves, Beating on these hollow caves; This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with...  Lives of Sacred Poets - Page 68by Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1861 - 790 pages
...very gall of sadness : The dull loneness, the black shade That these hanging vaults have made, The strange music of the waves, Beating on these hollow...From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and delight. " Therefore, then, best earthly... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 580 pages
...very gall of sadness. The dull loncness, the black shade, That these hanging vaults have made ; The strange music of the waves Beating on these hollow...Overgrown with eldest moss ; The rude portals, that give sight More to terror than delight ; This my chamber of neglect, Walled abont with disrespect ; From... | |
 | John Alfred Langford - Authors, English - 1861 - 400 pages
...waves, Beating on thefe hollow caves : This black den which rocks imbofs, Overgrown with eldeft moi's ; The rude portals that give light, More to Terror than Delight : This my chamber of Neglefl, Wall'd about with Difreipefl, From all thefe and this dull air, A fit objefl for defpair,... | |
 | Emily Taylor - English poetry - 1864 - 210 pages
...very gall of sadness. The dull loneness, the black shade, That these hanging vaults have made ; That strange music of the waves Beating on these hollow...terror than delight ; This my chamber of neglect, ' Wall'd about with disrespect, — From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She... | |
 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 260 pages
...The strange music of the waves, Beating on those hallow caves. This black den which rocks embosse, Overgrown with eldest moss, The rude portals that give light, More to terror than delight, From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair ; She hath taught me, by her might, To... | |
 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 238 pages
...The strange music of the waves, Beating on those hallow caves. This black den which rocks embosse, Overgrown with eldest moss, The rude portals that give light, More to terror than delight, From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair ; She hath taught me, by her might, To... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...very gall of sadness. The dull loneness, the black shade, That these hanging vaults have made ; That strange music of the waves Beating on these hollow...From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and delight. Therefore, thou, best earthly... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - English essays - 1866 - 514 pages
...addressed to his Muse : — " The dull loneness, the black shade Which these hanging vaults have made, The rude portals that give light More to terror than...From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might, To draw comfort and delight." That stony cell of his was... | |
 | Samuel Woolcock Christophers - Hymn writers - 1867 - 512 pages
...loneness, the black shade, That these hanging vaults have made ; The strange music of the waves, Beating in these hollow caves ; This black den which rocks emboss,...From all these and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and delight. Therefore, thou best earthly... | |
 | 1869 - 878 pages
...shade Which th'Se hanging vaults have made, The rude portals that give li lit More to terror tliau delight ; This my chamber of neglect, Walled about...— From all these, and this dull air, A fit object of despair, She hath tanght me by her might, To draw comfort and delight." That stony cell of his was... | |
| |
