From Dawn to Eve

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R.G. Badger, 1916 - 141 páginas

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Página 25 - I never get between the pines But I smell the Sussex air; Nor I never come on a belt of sand But my home is there. And along the sky the line of the Downs So noble and so bare. A lost thing could I never find, Nor a broken thing mend; And I fear I shall be all alone When I get towards the end. Who will there be to comfort me Or who will be my friend?
Página 31 - He crouches behind the dark gray flood, Full of envy, of rage, of craft, of gall, Cut off by waves that are thicker than blood. Come let us stand at the Judgment place, An oath to swear to, face to face, An oath of bronze no wind can shake, An oath for our sons and their sons to take. Come, hear the word, repeat the word, Throughout the Fatherland make it heard.
Página 83 - ... spake, I only smiled, as I listened Like a child that is half awake." Once more we see it in The Dream is Past: "My love shall never hint its grief aloud — I'll smile to see you pass, wait till you're gone to weep, I am so proud." One of the lyrics short enough to be quoted in full is The Bridge, "I built a bridge of jewels to the sky That you might follow in your thoughts, my love, And stand with me where birds and spirits fly Far from the little earth they sing above. High on the mighty arch...
Página 92 - ... of an Empty Day in her poem / Have Said Nothing Yet: "Listing, intent, the beatings of my heart To hear if it can sing. " Again in / Dare Not Praise You: "I must be silent, I am small and weak, While song and love are boundless as the sea." The same feeling of repression is evident in Remembrance: "Like a child that its mother rouses No answering word I spake, I only smiled, as I listened Like a child that is half awake.
Página 81 - ... My wall is proof against assail And though men batter, I'll not quail. Alone, apart, aloof I dwell, My heart to me is heaven and hell!" In From Dawn to Eve, the author, Julia Wickham Greenwood, shows the modesty of William Morris in An Idle Singer of an Empty Day in her poem / Have Said Nothing Yet: "Listing, intent, the beatings of my heart To hear if it can sing. " Again in / Dare Not Praise You: "I must be silent, I am small and weak, While song and love are boundless as the sea.
Página 30 - ... fair, Sad hearts were comforted, seeing his face, His glance was warm As sudden summer in a frozen place, The darkest hour grew bright if he were there, His smile, like sunshine, put to flight the storm, He was so fair ! He was so brave, I watched him when the regiment marched past...

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