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So Fallen! So Lost! The Light Withdrawn Which Once He Wore
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So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn
Which once he wore;
The glory from his gray hairs gone
For evermore!
-- John G. Whittier (1807-1892)
-- Ichabod!
Related:
Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry
Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his "Highland Mary!...
Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And welt'ring in his blood
Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed, On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes....
Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.
-- Maurice Chevalie...
Such a house broke! So noble a master fallen! All gone and not One friend to take his fortune by the arm And go along with him.
-- William Shakespeare...
FAIRY, n. A creature, variously fashioned and endowed, that formerly inhabited the meadows and forests.
It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to dancing and the theft of children....
Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, so custom'd
for his sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred....
Be the day never so long, Evermore at last they ring to evensong.
-- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part ii, Chap. vii...
So scented the grim Feature, and upturn'd His nostril wide into the murky air, Sagacious of his quarry from so far.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book x, Line 279...