The Cathedrals of Southern FranceL. C. Page, 1904 - 544 Seiten |
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Seite 457 - I might have died content When I had looked on Carcassonne, When I had looked on Carcassonne. Thy pardon, father, I beseech, In this my prayer, if I offend, One something sees beyond his reach From childhood to his journey's end. My wife, our little boy, Aignan, Have travelled even to Narbonne, My grandchild has seen Perpignan, And I have not seen Carcassonne, And I have not seen Carcassonne. So crooned, one day, close by Limoux, A peasant, double-bent with age. "Rise up, my friend," said I ; "with...
Seite 456 - I'm growing old, I've sixty years; I've labored all my life in vain. In all that time of hopes and fears, I've failed my dearest wish to gain. I see full well that here below Bliss unalloyed there is for none; My prayer would else fulfilment know Never have I seen Carcassonne!
Seite 58 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alleyed walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls the heathen Dane Had poured his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, EXposed t'o the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...
Seite 457 - The vicar's right; he says that we Are ever wayward, weak and blind; He tells us in his homily Ambition ruins all mankind; Yet could I there two days -have spent, While still the autumn sweetly shone. Ah, me ! I might have died content When I had looked on Carcassonne...
Seite 128 - The family consisted of an old gray-headed man and his wife, with five or six sons and sons-in-law, and their several wives, and a joyous genealogy out of them.
Seite 457 - with you I'll go upon this pilgrimage." We left next morning his abode, But (Heaven forgive him) halfway on The old man died upon the road : He never gazed on Carcassonne — Each mortal has his Carcassonne.
Seite 456 - I've failed my dearest wish to gain; I see full well that here below Bliss unalloyed there is for none. My prayer will ne'er fulfilment know; I never have seen Carcassonne, I never have seen Carcassonne! " ' You see the city from the hill — It lies beyond the mountains blue, And yet to reach it one must still Five long and weary leagues pursue, And, to return, as many more! Ah! had the vintage plenteous grown, The grape withheld its yellow store! I shall not look on Carcassonne, I shall not look...
Seite 128 - ... which could make plenty in a French peasant's house, and on the other side was a little wood which furnished wherewithal to dress it.
Seite 456 - They tell me every day is there Not more or less than Sunday gay; In shining robes and garments fair The people walk upon their way. One gazes there on castle walls As grand as those of Babylon, A bishop and two generals! What joy to dwell in Carcassonne! "The vicar's right: he says that we Are ever wayward, weak, and blind; He tells us in his homily Ambition ruins all mankind; Yet could I there two days have spent, While still the autumn sweetly shone, Ah, me!
Seite 457 - He tells us in his homily Ambition ruins all mankind: Yet could I there two days have spent, While still the autumn sweetly shone, Ah me! I might have died content When I had looked on Carcassonne, When I had looked on Carcassonne! Thy pardon, father, I beseech. In this my prayer if I offend : One something sees beyond his reach From childhood to his journey's end. My wife, our little boy Aignan, Have traveled even to Narbonne; My grandchild has seen Perpignan: And I have not seen Carcassonne, And...