 Tis she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd ' Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it in heaven a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a Lover's or a Roman's part ? Is...  The Remains of Henry Kirke White ... - Seite 207von Henry Kirke White - 1813Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 Seiten
...'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name. EL.EGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY WHAT beckoning yet suppose these measures I forego, Approach unarm'd and parley with the foe, f 'Tis she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gored ? Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1837 - 438 Seiten
...beck'ning hand, Thy lonesome steps,' which he supposes to be taken from the following in Comus — ' Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And...beck'ning ghost, along the moonlight shade Invites my stept, and points to yonder glade 1 ' The original idea was possibly taken from Comus by Pope, from... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 Seiten
...order, sins against th' Eternal Cause. ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OP AN UNFORTUNATE LADY.. WHAT beckoning ghost, along the moon-light shade, Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade ? 'Tis she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh, ever... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 Seiten
...order, sins against th' Eternal Caus.e. ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OP AN UNFORTUNATE LADY. WHAT beckoning ghost, along the moon-light shade, Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade ? 'Tis she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh, ever... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 Seiten
...single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies 205 Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound 210... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 Seiten
...single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies 205 Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound 210... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 Seiten
...'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name. ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OP AN UNFORTUNATE LADY. WnAT beckoning else @ / ? 'Tis she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gored, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ! Oh ever... | |
 | 1840 - 372 Seiten
...die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. ELEOT TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATl LADY. WHAT beck'ning ghost along the moonlight shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade ? 'Tis she ! But why that bleeding bosom gored, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever beauteous,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 Seiten
...single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, manners trace ! * The water flcnd. t One of the Hebrides is called the We On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 456 Seiten
...behold, or what is to be apprehended from it:— " A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." Burke observes upon obscurity, that it is necessary... | |
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