 | 1849 - 604 Seiten
...she glimmers on to me. " Now lies the Earth all Danaii to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. " Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves...dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me." ' There is silence. Again she opens the volume, and reads the following Idyl (pp. 151—153): — 1... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...Princess.] NOW LIES THE EARTH. Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A...lake: So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into iny bosom and be lost in me. [From The Princess.] MAN AND WOMAN. FOB woman is not undeveloped man,... | |
 | 1915 - 862 Seiten
...provided us with a new sense of appreciation. i will make this clearer by one or two quotations : — Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake; Aud by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers. Now, these three lines arrest our attention... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1848 - 180 Seiten
...she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies opea unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A...Idyl, and once more, as low, she read : ' Come down, O maid, from yonder mountain height : What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang) In height and... | |
 | 1848 - 738 Seiten
...she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughtin me. Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake, So fold... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 Seiten
...glimmers on to me. " ' Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. " ' Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves...dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me. ' " There is silence. Again she opens the volume, and reads the following Idyl (pp. 151—153):—... | |
 | 1850 - 600 Seiten
...glimmers on to me. " ' Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. " ' Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves...So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bofom and be lost in me. ' " There is silence. Again she opens the volume, and reads the following... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 290 Seiten
...she glimmers on to me. " Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. " Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves...So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosorn and be lost in me." I heard her turn the .page ; she found a small Sweet Idyl, and once more,... | |
 | 1848 - 708 Seiten
...she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thought in me. Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake, So fold... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 316 Seiten
...she glimmers on to me. " Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. " Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves...small Sweet Idyl, and once more, as low, she read: To glide a sunbeam by the blasted pine, To sit a star upon the sparkling spire; And come, for Love... | |
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... white ; Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk ; Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font : The fire-fly wakens : waken thou with me. Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all... 
