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" Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height ; To hear each other's whisper'd speech ; Eating the Lotos day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender curving lines of creamy spray ; To lend our hearts and spirits wholly To the... "
Translations [of poems, in various languages] by lord Lyttelton and W.E ... - Page 22
1863
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Horae Tennysonianae: sive, Eclogae e Tennysono : latine redditae

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1870 - 208 pages
...Dixerat, et cundti simul ' Insula nostra remota est Trans mare; ne spumas iterum tentemus et aestum. JPL How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With...the myrrh-bush on the height; To hear each other's whisper'd speech ; Eating the Lotos day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender...
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The Christian world magazine (and family visitor).

1870 - 972 pages
...how sweet it might be, " Hearing the downward stream. With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling nslecp in a half-dream ! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light Which will not leave the myrrh-bush oil the height; To hear each other's whispered speech ; To watch the crisping ripples on the beach,...
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The Poetical Works

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 pages
...In silence ; ripen, fall and cease : Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease. 5How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut...the myrrh-bush on the height ; To hear each other's whisper'd speech ; Eating the Lotos day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender...
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Our Poetical Favorites: A Selection from the Best Minor Poems of the English ...

Asahel Clark Kendrick - English poetry - 1871 - 484 pages
...grave, In silence ripen, fall, and cease : Give us long rest or death, dark death or dreamful ease ! V. How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the...
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Our Poetical Favorites: A Selection from the Best Minor Poems of the English ...

English poetry - 1871 - 476 pages
...were, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half dream ! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height ; 45 To hear each other's whispered speech ; Eating the Lotus, day by day, To watch the crisping ripples...
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The Age of Fable; Or, Beauties of Mythology

Thomas Bulfinch - Folklore - 1872 - 510 pages
...expressed tlui dreamy, languid feeling which the lotus-food i» said to have produced " How sweet it wore, hearing the downward stream With half-shut eyes ever...leave the myrrh-bush on the height ; To hear each others' whispered speech ; Bating the Lotos, day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach,...
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The poetical works of Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872 - 360 pages
...us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful How rweet it were, hearing the downward stream, Wiih half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half-dream...yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh-bush ou the height : To hear each other's whisper*d speech ; Eating the Lotoe day by day, To watch the crisping...
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The Poetical Works

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 532 pages
...were, hearing the downward stream, \Vith half-shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half-dream 1 To dream and dream, like yonder amber light, Which...the myrrh-bush on the height To hear each other's whispered speech ; Eating the Lotos, day by day, To watx'h the crisping ripples on the beach, Aiid...
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The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Issue 835, Volume 2

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1874 - 180 pages
...grave In silence ; ripen, fall and cease : Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease. v. How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, With...the myrrh-bush on the height ; To hear each other's whisper'd speech ; Eating the Lotos day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender...
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Lotos Leaves: Original Stories, Essays, and Poems

William Fearing Gill - American literature - 1875 - 472 pages
...grave In silence ; ripen, fall and cease : Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease. How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream. With...the myrrh-bush on the height ; To hear each other's whisper'd speech ; Eating the Lotos day by day, To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender...
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