 ... recess. The careless smile, like a gay banner borne, The laugh of merriment, the lip of scorn, — And, for a cloak, what is there that can be So difficult to pierce as gaiety...  Dorothy's Venture - Seite 185von Mary Cecil Hay - 1882Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1825 - 352 Seiten
...piercers gaiety? Too dazzling to be scann'd, the haughty brow Seems to hide something it would not avow ; But rainbow words, light laugh, and thoughtless jest,...the curtain to the breast, That shuns a scrutiny: aud she, whose form Now bends in grief beneath the bosom's storm, Has hidden well her wound, — now... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 Seiten
...to he scann'd, the haughty brow Seems to hide something it would not avow, But rainbow-words,light laugh, and thoughtless jest, These are the bars, the curtain to the breast. That shuns a scrutiny : and she, whose form Now bends in grief beneath the bosom's storm, Has hidden well her wound, —... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1839 - 354 Seiten
...as gaiety ? Too dazzling to be scann'd, the haughty brow Seems to hide something it would not avow ; But rainbow words, light laugh, and thoughtless jest,...These are the bars, the curtain to the breast, That slums a scrutiny: aud she, whose form Now bends in grief beneath the bosom's storm, Has hidden well... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1839 - 346 Seiten
...as gaiety I Too dazzling to be scann'd, the haughty brow Seems to hide something it would not avow ; But rainbow words, light laugh, and thoughtless jest, These are the bars, the curtain to the breast, ' * I 300 A GIRL AT HER DEVOTIONS. ' ' • That shuns a scrutiny: and she, whose form Now bends in... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1839 - 364 Seiten
...haughty brow Seems to hide something it would not avow ; But rainbow words, light laugh, and thoughttaB jest, These are the bars, the curtain to the breast, That shuns a scrutiny : and she, whose form Now bends in grief beneath the bosom's storm, Has hidden well her wound, —... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1844 - 380 Seiten
...as gaiety ? Too dazzling to be scann'd, the haughty brow Seems to hide something it would not avow ; But rainbow words, light laugh, and thoughtless jest,...bars, the curtain to the breast, That shuns a scrutiny : and she, whose form Now bends in grief beneath the bosom's storm, Has hidden well her wound, —... | |
 | 1845 - 614 Seiten
...brow Seems to hide something it would not avow; But rainbow words, light laugh, end thoughtless f*< These are the bars, the curtain to the breast, That shuns a scrutiny : and she, whose form Now bends in grief beneath the bosom's -.torn), Has hidden well her wound, —... | |
 | LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON - 1850 - 352 Seiten
...as gaiety ? Too dazzling to be scann'd, the haughty brow Seems to hide something it would not avow ; But rainbow words, light laugh, and thoughtless jest,...bars, the curtain to the breast, That shuns a scrutiny : and she, whose form Now bends in grief beneath the bosom's storm, Has hidden well her wound, —... | |
 | lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1856 - 326 Seiten
...as gaiety f Too dazzling to be scorned, the haughty brow Seems to hide something it would not avow. But rainbow words, light laugh, and thoughtless jest, These are the bars, the curtain to the breast." LEL FROM childhood upwards, nothing is more strange than to watch the power of human nature in concealing... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1873 - 448 Seiten
...as gaiety? Too dazzling to be scann'd, the haughty brow Seems to hide something it would not avow ; But rainbow words, light laugh, and thoughtless jest...bars, the curtain to the breast That shuns a scrutiny. LE Landon. LET LOVE BE DIRECTED BY VIRTUE. Oh, let the steps of youth be cautious How they advance... | |
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