 Alas ! the sunsets of our northern main Soon lose the tints Hesperian Fancy weaves ; Soon the sweet river feels the icy chain, And haunted forests shed their murmurous leaves; The bough must wither, and the bird depart, And winter clasp the world, as...  King Arthur [a poem]. - Page 232by Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1849Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...the virgin sod : The simplest leaf in fairy gardens cull ; And round thee opens all the Beautiful ! ' Alas ! the sunsets of our Northern main Soon lose...wither, and the bird depart, And winter clasp the world — as life the heart !' Fierce debate has raged in the Saxon camp. The Heathen priests, performing... | |
 | Royalist - 1852 - 322 pages
...lifeless form. CHAPTER V. THE CAPITULATION OP BRISTOL, AND THE DISENCHANTMENT OF THE BOY ROYALIST'S HOPES. Alas ! the sunsets of our northern main Soon lose...wither, and the bird depart, And winter clasp the world, as life the heart ! BULWER'S KING ARTHUR, Book lii. " THIS comes of your mad charging," said... | |
 | Great Britain - 1852 - 324 pages
...lifeless form. CHAPTER V. THE CAPITULATION OF BRISTOL, AND THE DISENCHANTMENT OF THE BOY ROYALIST'S HOPES. Alas ! the sunsets of our northern main Soon lose...wither, and the bird depart, And winter clasp the world, as life the heart! BULWEKS KING ARTHUR, Book xii. " THIS comes of your mad charging," said Holmes,... | |
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