Amidst the misty vapours, Fain would I know What doth cause the tapers; Why the clouds benight us And affright us, While we travel here below.
Fain would I know what makes the roaring thunder, And what these lightnings be that rend the clouds asunder, And what these comets are on which we gaze and wonder.
More hefain would say, But a flint stopped his mouth, and speech in the way.
But now repentance came too late for grace; And meagre famine stared him in the face: Fain would he to the wives be reconciled, But found no husband left to own a child.
Our soaring spirits upward rise Tow'rd the celestial throne, Fain would we see the blessed Three, And the Almighty One.
Fain would I feed among thy sheep, Among them rest, among them sleep.
Up to the fields where angels lie, And living waters gently roll, Fain would my thoughts leap out and fly, But sin hangs heavy on my soul.
Like one that is condemn'd, Fain would he trifle time with idle talk, And parley with his fate.
I fain wouldrest a little while: Where can I find a stay, Till dawn upon the hills shall smile, And show some trodden way?
Fain would I know if, henceforth, ever, These eyes shall read in hers again, That light of love which faded never, Though dimmed so long with secret pain.
Fain would I now be certified, how fair: Then me to her, or her to me convey, For I must quickly wend another way.
Fain would they be judged before Thagout, though commanded not to believe in him; and fain would Satan make them wander with wanderings wide of truth.
This truly is a right cunning sorcerer: Fain would he drive you out of your land by his Sorcery.
Ye fain wouldmake it crooked, and yet ye are its witnesses!
They said, "Ye are but men like us: fain would ye turn us from our fathers' worship.
Then spake the high-born maiden: "Good tidings thou dost bear: Be thou with me not weary, still more I fain would hear.
If he in birth is my fellow, I fain would be his spouse, If you will deign to sing to me every morn and even.
A lordly life the Pope doth hold, He lives on absolution gold; The best of wines still drinketh he; The Pope, the Pope I fain would be.
The Binschgauer would a pilgrimage go, Fain would they go singing, but how they did not know, Zschahi!
The Sultan lives full blithe and crowse, He liveth in a golden house, With lovely ladies liveth he-- The Sultan then I fain would be.
Fain would I hang with thee Pierced on the cross, and be By thy side dying blessed!
Mary, in the manger where Thou hast strewn his nest, With thy darling baby we Fain would dwell at rest Those who cannot take him, see, Place him on their breast!
He is content to rest in one place, turning his maps over when he fain would take a journey into foreign lands.
This morn a young squire shall be made a knight; Whereof he fain would be right worthy found, And therefore pledgeth lands and castles round To furnish all that fits a man of might.
Fain would I pass from all the pain, The aching heart and weary brain, From gnawing grief and withering care, And passion rising to despair, From love dissatisfied and vain.
From tears that burn the cheeks they stain, And hopes that droop like flowers in rain, From sorrows that turn grey the hair, Fain would I pass!
Fain would we await the time when due respect shall be paid to our art and ideals.
Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilisation were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.
Rikiu loved to quote an old poem which says: "To those who long only for flowers, fain would I show the full-blown spring which abides in the toiling buds of snow-covered hills.
I fain would ride to view the elfin scene of chivalry of which we heard to-night.
When last in Raby towers we met, The boy I closely eyed, And often marked his cheeks were wet With tears he fain would hide.
Fain would I wish what my heart cannot will: Between it and the fire a veil of ice Deadens the fire, so that I deal in lies; My words and actions are discordant still.
Franks' outcry, Ruth and sorrow the king beset; Fain would he aid, but was sternly let.
A sudden and a woful chance, my lord, Which we intentive[148] fain would understand.
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