 She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the...  The Churchman's companion - Sida 811880Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 sidor
...delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight...about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To huunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit,... | |
 | George Brimley - 1858 - 376 sidor
...expression of health. Her eyes, as her husband paints her, Like stars of twilight fair; Like twilights, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn. Mr. de Quincey adds to this portrait that, in these eyes of vesper gentleness, there was more than... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1858 - 426 sidor
...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like Twilight's too her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time, and the cheerful Dawn, A dancing shape, an image gay To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view A spirit,... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 sidor
...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 sidor
...lovely apparition, sont To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and tho cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 sidor
...apparition, sent To he a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time's brightest, liveliest dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1858 - 376 sidor
...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May- time's brightest, loveliest dawn; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1859 - 676 sidor
...gracious youthful presence, « it'h eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's, too, her dusty hair, But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn. Heaven forbid that I should ever lose the habit I have, when looking into the face of aged womanhood,... | |
 | Bridget Storey (fict. name.) - 1859 - 306 sidor
...lovely apparition sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time's brightest, loveliest dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.... | |
 | Walter Colton - 1860 - 476 sidor
...graceful a« those of a bird circling among flowers. " Her eyes as stars of twilight fair; Like twilight's too her dusky hair: But all things else about her drawn, From May-time and the cheerful dawn." The features of Adam betrayed his affinity to Eve. It was a brother's pride hovering over a sister's... | |
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