 As an egg, when broken, never Can be mended, but must ever Be the same crushed egg forever — So shall this dark heart of mine! Which, though broken, is still breaking, And shall never more cease aching For the sleep which has no waking — For the sleep...  Kentuckians in History and Literature - Seite 165von John Wilson Townsend - 1907 - 189 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Joel Benton - 1899 - 118 Seiten
...cites the following extract from a poem of his published before Poe's masterpiece in verse appeared: " As an egg, when broken, never can be mended, but must...Which, though broken, is still breaking, and shall nevermore cease aching, For the sleep which has no waking—for the sleep which now is thine!" To step... | |
 | George Edward Woodberry - 1909 - 558 Seiten
...give the impression of a reductio ad absurdum. No account of Chivers would be complete without them. "As an egg when broken, never can be mended, but must...shall this dark heart of mine Which, though broken, still b breaking, and shall nevermore cease aching, For the sleep which has no waking — for the sleep... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1912 - 702 Seiten
...shining On my pale checks, flow for thee — Bitter soul-drops ever stealing From the holy fount of feeling, Deepest anguish now revealing, For thy loss,...more cease aching For the sleep which has no waking — 36-54. "About the middle of the poem, also, I have availed myself of the force of contrast, with... | |
 | James Huneker - 1913 - 416 Seiten
...of his own to prove his statement. It is magnificently humorous, though seriously meant by the poet: "As an egg when broken never can be mended, but must...mine, Which though broken is still breaking, and shall nevermore cease aching, For the sleep which has no waking — for the sleep which now is thine." I... | |
 | John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - 1514 Seiten
...hyaline streams, She played on the banks of the Yuba Such songs as she heard in her dreams. Lily Adair. As an egg, when broken, never Can be mended, but must ever Be the same crushed egg for ever — So shall this dark heart of mine ! To Alleyro Florence in Heaven. As the diamond is the... | |
 | Meade Minnigerode - 1924 - 414 Seiten
...never at a loss for he never hesitated, even when his muse moved him to write of "spooming oceans," and "As an egg when broken never can be mended, but must ever be the same crushed egg forever. . . ." On the flyleaf of Mr. Evert Duyckinck's copy of ' Memorabilia, or Phials of Amber full of the... | |
 | Eric L. Haralson, John Hollander - 1998 - 598 Seiten
...more! Forever more still grieves for thee! "To Allegra Florence in Heaven" repeats this theme: . . . this dark heart of mine! Which, though broken, is...which has no waking For the sleep which now is thine! This theme is prevalent throughout Chivers's poetry, but others express his sensuous praise of his... | |
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