 NOT to the grave, not to the grave, my Soul, Descend to contemplate The form that once was dear : The Spirit is not there Which kindled that dead eye, Which throbbed in that cold heart, Which in that motionless hand Hath met thy friendly grasp ; The Spirit...  The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey - Page 242by Robert Southey - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - 1800 - 318 pages
...taught, with ceaseless paias, Thy bowels thou dost spin, I spin my brains. HKTBUSTO. 257 The DEAD FRIEND Not to the grave, not to the grave my Soul Descend to contemplate The form that once was dear ! Feed not on thoughts so loathly horrible ! The Spirit is not there That kindled that dead eye, That... | |
 | 594 pages
...tear, There will be joy in grief. J'. >i-..! Gtzflan-street, Oct. 1808. JG THE CONVERSE or SOULS. "VfOT to the grave, not to the grave, my ** soul, Descend to contemplate The form that once was dear! Feed not on thoughts so loathly horrible ! The spirit is not there That kindled that dead eye, That... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1805 - 224 pages
...dark night descends, I willingly shall close my weary lids Secure to wake again. 154 The DEAD FRIEND. Not to the grave, not to the grave my Soul Descend to contemplate The form that once was dear ! Feed not on thoughts so loathly horrible ! The Spirit is not there That kindled that dead eye, That... | |
 | 1808 - 590 pages
...Remerhbiai.re wake a tear, There will be joy ш grieí. Graßcn-sireet, Oct. 1808. jG THE CONVERSE OF Souis. NOT to the grave, not to the grave, my soul, Descend to contemplate The foim that once was dear! Feed not on thoughts so loathly horrible ! The spirit is no: there That kindled... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1811 - 514 pages
...preponderance. Some beautiful lines of our young poet, Southey, may, I think, be applied to this theme : " Not to the grave, not to the grave, my soul ' Descend to contemplate the form beloved ! The spirit is not therc That kindled lhat dead eye ; That in that motionless hand Has met... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1811 - 416 pages
...preponderance. Some beautiful lines of our young poet, Southey, may, I think, be applied to this theme : " Not to the grave, not to the grave, my soul Descend to contemplate the form beloved ! The spirit is not there That kindled that dead eye ; That in that motionless Irani Has met... | |
 | 1851 - 786 pages
...Nealliny !" A poem which is a very general favourite will serve as an instance of this maunerism : — " Not to the grave, not to the grave, my soul, Descend...form that once was dear, The spirit is not there.'' And the same stanza ends — " Not to the grave, not to the grave, my soul, Follow thy friend beloved,... | |
 | 206 pages
...on the wave. JFH Cfct StparttB JrttnK. By Southey, and tupposed never to hate been leftrt published. Not to the grave, Not to the grave, my soul. Descend to contemplate The form that once was dear. Feed not on thoughts so loath'd and horrible— The spirit U not 'here ! The spirit is not there That... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pages
...bright ; My solitary sole delight, Alone in wood, by shore, at sea, I think of litre. THE DEAD FRIEND. NOT to the grave, not to the grave, my soul, Descend to contemplate The form that once was dear ; Feed not on thoughts so loathly, horrible—- The Spirit is not there That kindled that dead eye,... | |
 | 1819 - 996 pages
...following ode, furnished by the kindness of a friend, was repeated at his funeral. Not to i !»• gra ve, not to the grave, my soul, Descend to contemplate The form that once wa» dear; Peed not on thoughts so loathly horrible! The spirit i- not there, That kindled that dead... | |
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