 Comely and calm, he rides Hard by his own Whitehall: Only the night wind glides: No crowds, nor rebels, brawl. Gone, too, his Court; and yet, The stars his courtiers are: Stars in their stations set; And every wandering star.  Book Auction Records - Page 264edited by - 1918Full view - About this book
 | 1892 - 682 pages
...saddest of all kings irowned, and again discrowned. • * » • " Alone he rides, aloue, The lair and fatal king : Dark night is all his own, That strange...full of fate ; The stars, or those sad eyes ? Which aru more still and great : Those brows, or the dark skies 'r • * * * " King, tried in fires of woe... | |
 | Lionel Johnson - English poetry - 1895 - 160 pages
...Court: and yet, The stars his courtiers are : Stars in their stations set ; And every wandering star. Alone he rides, alone, The fair and fatal king : Dark...still and great : Those brows ; or the dark skies ? Although his whole heart yearn In passionate tragedy : Never was face so stern With sweet austerity.... | |
 | Lionel Johnson - English poetry - 1895 - 140 pages
...Court : and yet, The stars his courtiers are : Stars in their stations set ; And every wandering star. Alone he rides, alone, The fair and fatal king : Dark...still and great : Those brows ; or the dark skies ? Brief life, and hapless ? Nay : Through death, life grew sublime. Speak after sentence ? Yea : And... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - English literature - 1896 - 314 pages
...Court: and yet, The stars his courtiers are : Stars in their stations set; And every wandering star. Alone he rides, alone, The fair and fatal king: Dark...more still and great: Those brows; or the dark skies? ' Such a poem as this, apart from its value as poetry, is a touching witness to the constancy of the... | |
 | Thomas Bird Mosher - Literature - 1904 - 472 pages
...Court : and yet, The stars his courtiers are : Stars in their stations set ; And every wandering star. Alone he rides, alone, The fair and fatal king : Dark...still and great : Those brows ; or the dark skies ? Although his whole heart yearn In passionate tragedy : Never was face so stern With sweet austerity.... | |
 | Lionel Johnson - 1912 - 90 pages
...Court : and yet, The stars his courtiers are : Stars in their stations set ; And every wandering star. Alone he rides, alone, The fair and fatal king : Dark...more still and great : Those brows, or the dark skies ? Although his whole heart yearn In passionate tragedy, Never was face so stern With sweet austerity.... | |
 | Book collecting - 1913 - 916 pages
...Court: and yet, The stars his courtiers are: Stars in their stations set; And every wandering star. Alone he rides, alone, The fair and fatal king; Dark...more still and great: Those brows; or the dark skies? Finally, hear this note of Catholic hope and defiance, which recalls Henley's stoic chant of : I am... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1913 - 1048 pages
...Court : and yet, The stars his courtiers are : Stars in their stations set ; And every wandering star. Alone he rides, alone, The fair and fatal King : Dark...more still and great : Those brows, or the dark skies I Although his whole heart yearn In passionate tragedy, Never was face so stern With sweet austerity.... | |
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