 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1890 - 730 psl.
...air ; The sky presented everywhere A low-pitoh«-d roi'f of d "U ful grey ; With a ruin- tlusht fiupd the river ran ; Adown it floated a dying Swan, And loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day, The " Swanherd" and his men went on, ".Nicking " the cygnete as they went n. The " Swanherd " showed... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 psl.
...you are : you are foul with sin ; It would shrink to the earth if you came in. THE DYING SWAN. THE plain was grassy, wild and bare, Wide, wild, and open...voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, Which loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day, Ever the weary wind went on, And took the reed-tops... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1843 - 260 psl.
...you are : you are foul with sin ; It would shrink to the earth if you came in. THE DYING SWAN. THE plain was grassy, wild and bare, Wide, wild, and open...voice the river ran. Adown it floated a dying swan, Which loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day. Ever the weary wind went on, And took the reed-tops... | |
 | 1843 - 184 psl.
...the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH. THE DYING SWAN, THE plain was grassy, wild and bare> Wide, wild, and open...voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, Which loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day, Ever the weary wind went on, And took the reed-tops... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 psl.
...you are : you are foul with sin ; It would shrink to the earth if you came in. THE DYING SWAN. THE plain was grassy, wild and bare, Wide, wild, and open...voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, Which loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day. Ever the weary wind went on, And took the reed-tops... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 276 psl.
...where you are : you are foul with sin; It would shrink to the earth if you came in. THE DYING SWAN. THE plain was grassy, wild and bare, Wide, wild, and open...voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, Which loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day. Ever the weary wind went on, And took the reed-tops... | |
 | 1852 - 672 psl.
...sung of " The Dying Swan." I subjoin an extract, wishing your limits would admit of the entire : " The plain was grassy, wild and bare, Wide, wild, and open...voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, Which loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day. Ever the weary wind went on, And took the reed-tops... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 psl.
...comfort me, Only he, the father Of my little ones." Trantlated l>y JG PEHCIVAL. THE DYING SWAN. The plain was grassy, wild, and bare, Wide, wild, and...voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, Which loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day. Ever the weary wind went on And shook the reed-tops... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 286 psl.
...where you are : you are foul with sin; It would shrink to the earth if you came in. THE DYING SWAN. THE plain was grassy, wild and bare, Wide, wild, and open...voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, Which loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day. Ever the weary wind went on, And took the reed-tops... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 psl.
...woes and strife, Unknown, unheard, I might have pass'd through life. TEXNYSOJf. THE plain was glassy, wild and bare, Wide, wild, and open to the air, Which'...voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, Which loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day. Ever the weary wind went on, And took the reed-tops... | |
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THE plain was grassy, wild and bare, Wide, wild, and open to the air, Which had built up everywhere An under-roof of doleful gray. With an inner voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, And loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day. Ever... 
