I was cut off from hope in that sad place, Which yet to name my spirit loathes and fears : My father held his hand upon his face ; I, blinded with my tears, " Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The... Euripides - Page 100by William Bodham Donne - 1872 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
| Anna Brownell Jameson - 1877 - 486 pages
...remembers the tragedy at Aulis. " My youth (she eaid) was blasted with a curse : This woman was the cause! I was cut off from hope in that sad place Which yet...fears. My father held his hand upon his face ; I, hlinded with my tears, Essayed to speak ; my voice came thick with sighs • As in a dream ; dimly... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1877 - 392 pages
...statnre draws ; "My yonth," she said, "was hlasted with a cnree: This woman was the canse. "I was cnt off from hope in that sad place, Which yet to name my spirit loathes and fears i My father held his hand npon his face: I, hlinded with my tears, "Still strove to speak: my voice... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1877 - 494 pages
...with a curse : This woman was the cause. "I was cut off from hope in thatsad place, Which yet to uame my spirit loathes and fears : My father held his hand upon his face ; 1, blinded with my tears, " Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream.... | |
| William Lucas Collins - 1878 - 170 pages
...tasteful use of both legend and anecdote in his 'Dream of Fair Women.' Jt is Iphigenia who epeaks : — " I was cut ofF from hope in that sad place, Which yet...strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs, As HI a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1879 - 236 pages
...stately stature draws ; " My youth, "she said, " was blasted with a curse : This woman was the cause. " I was cut off from hope in that sad place, Which yet...sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black -bearded kings with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. " The high masts flicker'd as they lay... | |
| Peter Bayne - English literature - 1879 - 470 pages
...stately stature draws ; " My youth," she said, " was blasted with a curse : This woman was the cause. " I was cut off from hope in that sad place, Which yet...with sighs, As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stem, black-bearded kings, with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. " The tall masts flicker'd as... | |
| 1879 - 524 pages
...stately stature draws; "My youth," she said, "was blasted with a curse : This woman was the cause. l was cut off from hope in that sad place, Which yet...and fears : My father held his hand upon his face ; l, blinded with my tears, "Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly... | |
| Sedbergh School - Private schools - 1879 - 370 pages
...away his shackled hand in pain, Then spake aloud : " I never had, I know, That article called Brain. I was cut off from hope in that sad place,* Which yet to name my spirit loathes and fears : The Governor wrote to me, ' Don't show your face At home for several years ! ' I didn't ; but I cut... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - Mythology, Classical - 1881 - 518 pages
...thus describe her feelings at the moment of sacrifice, the moment represented in our engraving : — " I was cut off from hope in that sad place, Which yet to name my spirit loathes and fears ; My lather held his hand upon his face ; I, blinded by my tears, " Still strove to speak ; my voice was... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 pages
...draws ; "My youth," she said, "was blasted with a curse : This woman was the cause. "I was cut oil' from hope in that sad place, Which yet to name my...was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could uescry The stern black-bearded kings with A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN. "The high masts flicker' d as they... | |
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