The Seer: Or, Common-places Refreshed, Том 2Roberts, 1864 |
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... heard of this , and one day took an opportunity of saying to me , ' Speaking of sermons reminds me of a strange piece of news which has reached my ears . It is reported that you try , in preach- ing , to adopt the Bishop of Geneva's ...
... heard of this , and one day took an opportunity of saying to me , ' Speaking of sermons reminds me of a strange piece of news which has reached my ears . It is reported that you try , in preach- ing , to adopt the Bishop of Geneva's ...
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... heard the prelude soft ; And so it chanced ( for many a door was wide From hurry to and fro ) , soon up aloft The silver snarling trumpets ' gan to chide ; The level chambers , ready with their pride , Were glowing to receive a thousand ...
... heard the prelude soft ; And so it chanced ( for many a door was wide From hurry to and fro ) , soon up aloft The silver snarling trumpets ' gan to chide ; The level chambers , ready with their pride , Were glowing to receive a thousand ...
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... heard ; her maiden eyes divine , Fixed on the floor , saw many a sweeping train Pass by , she heeded not at all : in vain Came many a tiptoe , amorous cavalier , And back retired , not cooled by high disdain : But she saw not ; her ...
... heard ; her maiden eyes divine , Fixed on the floor , saw many a sweeping train Pass by , she heeded not at all : in vain Came many a tiptoe , amorous cavalier , And back retired , not cooled by high disdain : But she saw not ; her ...
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... heard , that minute did he bless , And breathed , himself ; then from the closet crept , Noiseless as fear in a wild wilderness , And o'er the hushèd carpet silent stept , And ' tween the curtains peeped , where , lo ! how fast she ...
... heard , that minute did he bless , And breathed , himself ; then from the closet crept , Noiseless as fear in a wild wilderness , And o'er the hushèd carpet silent stept , And ' tween the curtains peeped , where , lo ! how fast she ...
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... heard no human sound . A chain - drooped lamp was flickering by each door ; The arras , rife with horseman , hawk , and hound , Fluttered in the besieging wind's uproar ; And the long carpets rose along the gusty floor . VOL . II . 6 ...
... heard no human sound . A chain - drooped lamp was flickering by each door ; The arras , rife with horseman , hawk , and hound , Fluttered in the besieging wind's uproar ; And the long carpets rose along the gusty floor . VOL . II . 6 ...
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Сторінка 56 - Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow, and in his pained heart Made purple riot: then doth he propose A stratagem that makes the beldame start: "A cruel man and impious thou art...
Сторінка 97 - HOW oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy hand, Whilst my poor lips, which should that harvest reap, At the wood's boldness by thee blushing stand!
Сторінка 60 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Сторінка 58 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
Сторінка 53 - Fix'd on the floor, saw many a sweeping train Pass by — she heeded not at all: in vain Came many a tiptoe, amorous cavalier, And back retir'd; not cool'd by high disdain, But she saw not: her heart was otherwhere: She sigh'd for Agnes' dreams, the sweetest of the year.
Сторінка 63 - These delicates he heaped with glowing hand On golden dishes and in baskets bright Of wreathed silver : sumptuous they stand In the retired quiet of the night, Filling the chilly room with perfume light. — ' And now, my love, my seraph fair, awake ! Thou art my heaven, and I thine eremite : Open thine eyes, for meek St. Agnes' sake, Or I shall drowse beside thec, so my soul doth ache.
Сторінка 48 - Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold; Numb were the Beadsman's fingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seemed taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayer he saith.
Сторінка 77 - The village-clock tolled six— I wheeled about, Proud and exulting like an untired horse That cares not for his home. — All shod with steel We hissed along the polished ice, in games Confederate...
Сторінка 54 - Ah, happy chance! the aged creature came, Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand, To where he stood, hid from the torch's flame, Behind a broad hall-pillar, far beyond The sound of merriment and chorus bland...
Сторінка 52 - The silver, snarling trumpets 'gan to chide : The level chambers, ready with their pride, Were glowing to receive a thousand guests : The carved angels, ever eager-eyed, Stared, where upon their heads the cornice rests, With hair blown back, and wings put cross-wise on their breasts.