 I look for ghosts ; but none will force Their way to me ; 'tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead ; For surely then I should have sight Of him I wait for day and night With love and longings infinite.  The Works of John Ruskin - Page 25by John Ruskin - 1904Full view - About this book
 | John Duncan Quackenbos - 1899 - 370 pages
...Wordsworth in " The Affliction of Margaret," the widow of Penrith : ^^mmm^^K 196 ENEMIES AND EVIDENCES "I look for ghosts; but none will force Their way to me. 'Tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead. For surely, then, I should have sight Of... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1901 - 286 pages
...e/#«,ii#t, graaa Maim 'Ii Or tin** wp','rt * Or Tluvu, Mi'rM, ft/i/1 «.)) th/ iiiafce», to keep 55 I look for ghosts : but none will force Their way to me ; 'tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead ; 60 For surely then I should have sight... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1902 - 394 pages
...; Or hast been summon'd to the deep Thou, thou, and all thy mates, to keep An incommunicable sleep. I look for ghosts : but none will force Their way to me ; 'tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead ; For surely then I should have sight Of... | |
 | 1903 - 698 pages
...not where we lie, but whence we fell ; The loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell — Ben Jonson I look for ghosts ; but none will force Their way to me; Ч is falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead, For surely then... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1904 - 330 pages
...if it were but an apparition of her daughter ; such was her daily prayer. It was as in Wordsworth's Affliction of Margaret : I look for ghosts, but none...there was intercourse Between the living and the dead I At that moment there was a sound at the door. The 'prentice opened it, and was aghast ; the mother's... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 452 pages
...; Or hast been summoned to the deep, Thou, thou and all thy mates, to keep An incommunicable sleep. I look for ghosts ; but none will force Their way to me : 'tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead ; For, surely, then I should have sight... | |
 | Allan Menzies - 1915 - 862 pages
...return to see children whom they loved. This is a very human touch, even if it leads to rationalism. " I look for ghosts ; but none will force Their way to me : 'tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead. For surely then I would have sight Of him... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1908 - 368 pages
...such images as will excite these feelings, is the power of the poet or literally of the "Maker."1 1 Take, for instance, the beautiful stanza in the Affliction...look for ghosts, but none will force Their way to me. 'T is falsely said That ever there was intercourse Between the living and the dead; For, surely, then,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1908 - 370 pages
...such images as will excite these feelings, is the power of the poet or literally of the " Maker." ' 1 Take, for instance, the beautiful stanza in the Affliction...look for ghosts, but none will force Their way to me. 'T is falsely said That ever there was intercourse Between the living and the dead; For, surely, then,... | |
 | 1908 - 464 pages
...Or hast been summon'd to the d^ep Thou, thou, and all thy mates, to keep 35 An incommunicable sleep. I look for ghosts: but none will force Their way to me; 'tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead; For surely then I should have sight Of... | |
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