 | 1895 - 702 pàgines
...rouses himself, a man who has found comfort in his own soul, and sings in vigorous, inspiring melody: " Avaunt! tonight my heart is light, no dirge will I upraise, But waft the angel on her flight with a ptean of old days." Such are the possibilities for music which lie hidden in the works of Edgar Allan... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pàgines
...Leaving thee wild, for the dear child, that should hare bee thy bride — For her the fair, and debonair, that now so lowly lies, The life upon her yellow hair,...within her eyes — The life still there upon her hnir, — the death upon her eye Avaunt ! to-night my heart is light. No dirge will 1 upraise But waft... | |
 | 1849 - 782 pàgines
...which, possibly, can be composed. In my ballad called " Leuore" I have these lines : Avaunt ! to night my heart is light. No dirge will I upraise — But waft the angel on her flight with a Pcan of old days. Mr. William W. Lord, author of "Niagara," &c., has it thus : They, albeit with inward... | |
 | 1845 - 638 pàgines
...pale and motionless, lay Alice the faded flower — " The life upon her shining buir, but not upon her eyes ; The life still there upon her hair, the death upon her eyea." He called Ida ; he lifted his dead cousin in his arma and bore her to a sofa ; he besought her... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nathaniel Parker Willis, James Russell Lowell - 1850 - 642 pàgines
...Who thought to sing thy dirge, must sing thy Paean 1 In a poem called " Lenore," we have it A vaunt 1 to-night my heart is light — no dirge will I upraise, But waft the angel on her flight with a Paean of old days. At page 13, Mr. Lord says of certain flowers that Ere beheld on Earth they gardened... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pàgines
...the innocence that died, and died 80 youngr" Peccavimus ! but rave not thus ! and let a Sabbath song Go up to God so solemnly the dead may feel no wrong...upraise, But waft the angel on her flight with, a pawns; of old days ! . Let nwbellioll ! — lest her sweet soul, amid-jits ;hallowed nurtii, Should... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pàgines
...Leaving thce wild for the dear child that should have been thy bride— For her, the fair and dcbonnair, that now so lowly lies, The life upon her yellow hair,...not within her eyes— The life still there upon her hair—the death upon her eyes. " Avaunt! to-night my heart is light. No dirge will I upraise, But... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pàgines
...vaunt! to-night Yes, heaven is thine ; but this My heart is light. Is a world of sweets and sours ; No dirge will I upraise, But waft the angel on her flight With a prean of old days ! Our flowers are merely — flowers, And the shadow of Ihy perfect bliss Is the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pàgines
...Leaving thee wild for the dear child that should have been thy bride — For her, the fair and debonair, that now so lowly lies, The life upon her yellow hair,...still there upon her hair — the death upon her eyes. TV. " Avaunt ! to-night my heart is light. No dirge will I upraise, But waft the angel on her flight... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pàgines
...Leaving thee wild for the dear child that should have been thy bride — For her, the fair and debonair, that now so lowly lies, The life upon her yellow hair...there, upon her hair — the death upon her eyes. iti > » " Avaunt ! to-night my heart is light. No dirge will I upraise, " But waft the angel on her... | |
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gone before," with Hope, that flew beside, Leaving thee wild for the dear child that should have been thy bride— For her, the fair and debonair, that now so lowly lies, The life upon her yellow hair but not within her eyes— The life still there, upon... 
