 | 1872 - 660 oldal
...dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sang this " Song of the Shirt." THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS. ONE more unfortunate, Weary of breath,...death ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care, Fashioned so slenderly, Look at her garments, Clinging like cerements ! Whilst the wave constantly... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 oldal
...dolorous pitch Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt." THE RRIDGE OF SIGHS. ONE more unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly...death ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care, Fashioned so slenderly, Look at her garments, Clinging like cerements ! Whilst the wave constantly... | |
 | 1872 - 710 oldal
...hour is on the verge of day. P. Prince. 819. DESPAIR, Victim of. *' Drowned ! drowned." — HAMLET. as it gains the strand ; I shall pass from sight,...pale, I shall know the loved who have gone before, ! Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements, Whilst... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1975 - 1042 oldal
...most unexceptionable — one of the most thorougbly artistic, both in its theme and in its execution. ade pernut me to offer the universally appreciated "Bridge of Sigbs." One more unfortunate, Weary of breath,... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1911 - 422 oldal
...Bridge of Sighs consists of two-foot dactylic verses with gliding, feminine or masculine endings; eg One more unfortunate Weary of breath. Rashly importunate Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lilt her with care; Fashion' d so slenderly, Young and so fair! occasionally with initial unstressed... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - 1984 - 1572 oldal
...most unexceptionable — one of the most thoroughly artistic, both in its theme and in its execution. rotti. We conclude by strongly recommending the Sketches...the whole of his article on Gin Shops. * * * * * So — Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst... | |
 | Rowland McMaster - 1991 - 220 oldal
...its context. Chapter 58 has the title 'One more Unfortunate', from Hood's popular poem of 1844, The Bridge of Sighs', One more unfortunate, Weary of breath Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! The headletter shows a knight carrying off a damsel on his horse, and the whole set of figures alludes... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 oldal
...Critic spits on what is done, Gives it a wipe, — and all is gone. (1. 3—4) The Bridge of Sighs 2 of Limestone 47 Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair! (1. 1—8) BeLS; EBEV; EnRP; FaPoR; FPL; GTBS; GTBS-P;... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 oldal
...ran — Over the brink of it, Picture it — think of it, Dissolute Man! Lave in it, drink of it, 59 Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Ere her limbs frigidly Stiffen too rigidly, Decently, kindly, Smooth and compose them; And her eyes,... | |
 | Kevin Kopelson - 1994 - 212 oldal
...(1851-52). And Thomas Hood's pathetic poem "The Bridge of Sighs" (1844) enjoyed an unprecedented popularity: Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Figures of lovelorn male suicides were forced to contend with this feminocentric ideology. As Victorians... | |
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One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her... 
