...British Mountains, uHth the Descriptive Poems of Lou/ther, and Emoni Vale (London: Taylor and Hessey). Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive...been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sung As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending;...

...composed of nonwood fibers. Paperback printing 10987654321 For Georgia, Frederick, Allegra and Felix Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. Contents List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements ix PROLOGUE xi List of Abbreviations xiii...

...And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. . . . Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. As we have seen, Heine heard in these elegiac, languishing melodies the music of a nation rather...

...sands: A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one...the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending: — I listened, motionless and still; And,...

..."old, unhappy far-off things / And battles long ago" (ll. 19-20) or of "familiar matter of today"— "natural sorrow, loss, or pain, / That has been, and may be again!" (ll. 23-24). In Wordsworth's representation, the reader experiences the thrill of the tourist, alienated...

...sands: A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one...the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending; — I listened, motionless and still; And,...

...Arabian Sands: No sweeter voice was ever heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one...the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; 1 saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending; He fixes good on good alone, and owes To...

...in "Fairyland" and "The Sleeper." 36-37 Compare Wordsworth's "Solitary Reaper": Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one...For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. 37 Milton in "Lycidas" refers to the "stormy Hebrides," and the epithet has become the stock one....

...Volksballade, oder von „[fjamiliar matters of today" singe, wobei diese letzteren konkretisiert werden: Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has been, and may be again! (The Solitaty Reaper, v. 23f) Auch wenn die Affekte, von denen hier gesungen wird, potentiell dem Lebensbereich...

...... I have even begun to find my eye delighted by the simple forms of this place ... (65) Will no-one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things (SR, 17-19) The true language, I know now, is that speech in silence in which we first communicated,...