 OVER his keys the musing organist, Beginning doubtfully and far away, First lets his fingers wander as they list, And builds a bridge from Dreamland for his lay : Then, as the touch of his loved instrument Gives hope and fervor, nearer draws his theme,...  The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 104by James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 492 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...self-satisfaction, When we are simply good in thought, THE VISION SIR LAUNFAL PART FIRST. PRELUDE. OVER his keys the musing organist, Beginning doubtfully...Doth heaven with all its splendors lie ; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not; Over our manhood bend the skies ; Against... | |
 | Education - 1911 - 322 pages
...and oft times hopeless attempt at correction upon the old and unsound basis. THOUGHTS FROM LOWELL. "Not only around our infancy Doth Heaven with all its splendors lie; Daily with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinai's clinch and know it not." "For a cap and bells our lives we pay,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...one In spirit and the love of holy things. THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL. PRELUDE TO PART FIRST. OVF.R his keys the musing organist, Beginning doubtfully...Doth heaven with all its splendors lie ; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not. Over our manhood bend the skies ; Against... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...yet are one In spirit and the love of holy things. THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL. PRELUDE TO PART FIRST. Beginning doubtfully and far away, First lets his fingers wander as they list, OVER his keys the musing organist, And builds a bridge from Dreamland for his lay: Then, as the touch... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...love of holy things. THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL. 803 THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL. PRELUDE TO PART FIRST. Beginning doubtfully and far away, First lets his fingers wander as they list, OVER his keys the musing organist, And builds a bridge from Dreamland for his lay : Then, as the touch... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1866 - 68 pages
...subse". quent to the date of King Arthur's reign. .,, "J THE VISION OF HaunfaL PART FIRST. PRELUDE. OVER his keys the musing organist, Beginning doubtfully...Doth heaven with all its splendors lie ; Daily, with souls thut cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not; Over our manhood bend the skies; Against... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 588 pages
...Cunfcrenou? PART II. RECITATIONS IN POETRY. EPIC, LYRIC, AND DESCRIPTIYE. HUMAN LIFE. J. B, LOWELI OYEE his keys the musing organist, Beginning doubtfully...Doth heaven with all its splendors lie ; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not. Over our manhood bend the skies ; Against... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 586 pages
...places. PAET II. RECITATIONS IN POETEY. EPIC, LVRIC, AND DESCRIPTIVE. HUMAN LIFE. JE Lowell OVEE his keya the musing organist, Beginning doubtfully and far...Doth heaven with all its splendors lie ; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not. Over our manhood bend the skies ; Against... | |
 | Emily Pierpont De Lesdernier - 1868 - 360 pages
...for the Southern District of New Yoik. LITTLE, RENNIE & Co., Stereotype™, 430 Broome St., New York. Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not. Over our manhood bend the skies; Against... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1869 - 524 pages
...first stanza of his " Sir Launfal " is, at the same time, beautiful and brief enough to quote : Over his keys the musing organist, Beginning doubtfully...flushes sent Along the wavering vista of his dream. What could be more beautiful by itself as a sympathetic appreciation of the musician's mood, and what... | |
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