...strove Within the gulf to pierce Its path; and now she spoke as when The stars sang in their spheres. The sun was gone now; the curled moon Was like a little feather Fluttering far down the gulf; and now Her voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang together. (Ah sweet I Even now, in that bird's...

...indisputably fine, — whether from the lips of the transfigured maiden, of whom he tells us that, when "She spoke through the still weather, Her voice was...the voice the stars Had when they sang together"; or the witch-music of Lilith, the wife of Adam : — " Not a drop of her blood was human, But she was...

...breaths. Supper was over, and news of the old gray's reappearance had taken us out into the open air. " The sun was gone now, the curled moon Was like a little feather Fluttering far down the gulf ." A certain clear obscurity was gathering upon the vega ; the outlines of things were unnaturally...

...strove Within the gulf to pierce Its path ; and now she spoke as when The stars sang in their spheres. The sun was gone now ; the curled moon Was like a little leather Fluttering far down the gulf ; and now She spoke through the still weather. Her voice was like...

...with gladness are they full, For the night so beautiful, And longing for those far-off spheres ? 10. " I wish that he were come to me, For he will come," she said. " Have I not prayed in Heaven ? — on earth, Lord, Lord, has he not prayed ? Are not two prayers a...

...with gladness are they full, For the night so beautiful, And longing for those far-off spheres? IO. " I wish that he were come to me, For he will come," she said. ''Have I not prayed in Heaven? — on earth, Lord, Lord, has he not prayed ? Are not two prayers a...

...strove Within the gulf to pierce Its path ; and now she spoke as when The stars sang in their spheres. " I wish that he were come to me, For he will come," she said, " Have I not prayed in Heaven ? — on earth, Lord, Lord, has he not prayed ? Are not two prayers a...

...void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge : and the description of the ended day — The sun was gone now ; the curled moon Was like a...like the voice the stars Had when they sang together. All the qualities of Rossetti's poetry are in this one wonderful poem, which he wrote at eighteen....

...strove Within the gulf to pierce Its path ; and now she spoke/^s when The stars sang in their spheres . The sun was gone now ; the curled moon Was like a...weather. \ Her voice was like the voice the stars I Had when they sang together. (Ah sweet I Even now, in that bird's song, Strove not her accents there,...

...strove Within the gulf to pierce The path ; and now she spoke as when The stars sang in their spheres. "I wish that he were come to me, For he will come," she said. "Have I not prayed in heaven? — on earth, Lord, Lord, has he not prayed ? Are not two prayers a perfect...