| Mary Wilder Tileston - 1881 - 210 Seiten
...lend thee, 1 -*- The shooting-stars attend thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow, Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will-o-th'-Wisp...mislight thee, Nor snake nor slow-worm bite thee : But on thy way, Not making stay, Since ghost there's none t' affright thee ! Let not the dark thee cumber... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 Seiten
...shift ; each thing his turn does hold ; New things succeed, as former things grow old. THE NIGHT PIECE. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars...; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will-o'th'-Wisp mis-light thee, Nor snake or slow-worm bite thee... | |
| Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 Seiten
...struck into another strain, and with a charming air of gallantry, gave Herrick's "night piece to Julia." Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars...thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will o' th' Wisp mislight thee; Nor snake or slow worm bite thee;... | |
| Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 Seiten
...the ladies, was Mr. Herrick, as we know from his lines to Julia. How would you like this said to you? Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars...thee; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow, Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. About Prince Frederick, son of George n, who died in 1751: Here... | |
| Roberta J. M. Olson, Jay M. Pasachoff - 1999 - 412 Seiten
...the meteor imagery in his canvas: Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee, The elves also, whose little eyes glow Like sparks of fire, befriend thee. Figure 1 55. Charles Sims, Portrait of Julia MacWhirter, after 1 909?, oil on canvas, 71 x 91.5 cm,... | |
| Robert Herrick - 2003 - 94 Seiten
...dwell In thy remembrance, Julia. So farewell. H-619 THE NIGHT-PIECE, TO JULIA Her eyes the low-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee ; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will-o'-th'-Wisp mislight thee, Nor snake or slow-worm bite thee... | |
| Elizabeth Gmeyner - 2004 - 134 Seiten
...gleam By silver reeds in a silver stream. — Walter de la Mare Night Piece Her eyes the glow worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee, And the...little eyes glow Like sparks of fire, befriend thee. No will-o'-the-wisp mislight thee Nor snake or slow worm bite thee But on, on thy way Not making a stay... | |
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