Their clasp was on the empty air: A funeral pall — her long black hair Fell over her ; herself the tomb Of her own youth, and breath, and bloom. Alas ! that man should ever win So sweet a shrine to shame and sin % As woman's heart ! — and deeper woe... The Literary lounger - Seite 2671826Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1824 - 984 Seiten
...pall— her long brack hair Fell over her ; herself the tomb Of her own youth, and breath, and bloom. Alas ! that man should ever win So sweet a shrine...all but breaks the chain That never reunites again ! > It was a dark and tempest night — No pleasant moon, no blest starlight ; But meteors glancing... | |
| 462 Seiten
...her long black haif, ,(|| .* Fell over her; herself the tomb Of her own youth, and breath, and bloom. Alas ! that man should ever win So sweet a shrine...heart!— and deeper woe For her fond weakness, not to Imp*. That yielding all but breaks the chain That never reunites again ! It was a dark and tempest... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1824 - 866 Seiten
...pall — her long black hair Fell over her ; herself the tomb Of her own youth, and breath, and bloom. Alas ! that man should ever win So sweet a shrine...all but breaks the chain That never reunites again ! It was a dark and tempest night — No pleasant moon, no blest starlight; But meteors glancing o'er... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1824 - 354 Seiten
...pall — her long black hair Fell over her ; herself the tomb Of her own youth, and breath, and bloom. Alas ! that man should ever win So sweet a shrine...all but breaks the chain That never reunites again ! TIII: IMPROVISATRICE. It was a dark and tempest night — No pleasant moon, no blest starlight ;... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1825 - 298 Seiten
...pall—her long black hair Fell over her ; herself the tomb Of her own youth, and breath, and bloom. Alas ! that man should ever win So sweet a shrine to shame and sin As woman's heart;—and deeper woe For her fond weakness, not to know That yielding all but breaks the chain That... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1825 - 354 Seiten
...pall — her long black hair Fell over her; herself the tomb Of her own youth, and breath, and bloom. Alas ! that man should ever win So sweet a shrine to shame and sitt As woman's heart! — and deeper woe For her fond weakness, not to know That yielding all but... | |
| Ambrose Marten - 1827 - 382 Seiten
...all the senate to my share ; I'll do it at next sitting." licit Jmuon's Catiline. CHAPTER I. " Alas 1 that man should ever win So sweet a shrine to shame...all but breaks the chain That never reunites again." LEL NEAR the summit of one of those rocky hills which line the coast of Hastings, rose the neat but... | |
| Mary Ann Gray - 1828 - 296 Seiten
...boasted sting ? " There, where the blessed meet again, Far away from strife and care ;— WOMAN'S HEART. Alas ! that man should ever win So sweet a shrine to shame and sin As woman's heart. LEL SAY, what is woman's heart ?—a thing Where all the deepest feelings spring; A harp, whose tender... | |
| 1828 - 268 Seiten
...when compared with the general mass of sketchy poetry. The fellowing are better : WOMAN'S HEART. ' Alas ! that man should ever win So sweet a shrine to shame and Bin As woman's heart, j I-.EL 1 SAV, what is woman's heart ? — a thing Where all the deepest feelings... | |
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