 SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the...  A Selection from the Works of William Wordsworth - Seite 1von William Wordsworth - 1865 - 279 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1824 - 446 Seiten
...Delight When first she gleam'd upon my »ight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's or»ament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair ; . . Like Twilight's,...else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful fawn ; A daucing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 478 Seiten
...same time in the plain language of sincerity. She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd upon my sight ; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. JVete Series, JVo. 18. 47 Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1826 - 404 Seiten
...others, or more mischief between ourselves. Good night." And in this manner they parted. CHAPTER IV. Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's,...shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. WORDSWOETH. WHEN Paul left Dalveen castle he turned his steps homeward. Formerly the distance at which... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1826 - 290 Seiten
...an expression, and her whole figure assumed so much buoyancy and elasticity, that she truly seemed A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I had never, till now, had a companion, at least in the more refined sense of the word. She too was an... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 Seiten
...shades la fcnttenest of heart; witb gentle hand T«»efc — lor there is a spirit in the woods. S«i was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon...Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; •at all things else about her drawn From Stay-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 Seiten
...gleamed upon my «ighl : A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment'« ornament; 344 345 Her eyes iu stars of Twilight fair ; Like Twilight's, too, her!...May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image puv. To haunt, to itartle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too! Her... | |
 | 1832 - 492 Seiten
...And sighed among its playthings. A BEAUTIFUL GIRL. Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her, drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn. A TROPICAL NIGHT. — Where the stars are scattered seen, In hazy straits the clouds between, Each in... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1834 - 256 Seiten
...declaration at the end, that he would be sure and not introduce him to the heiress. VoL. I. F CHAPTER V. She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed upon my sight A lovdy apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. Her eyes like stars of twilight fair, Like twilight... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 Seiten
...cause, at a time when he believed her to be the betrothed of another. SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed...Twilight fair ; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; I3ut all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Daivn ; A dancing Shape, an Image... | |
 | 1835 - 616 Seiten
...what are its appropriate ornaments and excellencies ? I cannot do it better than in his own words. She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed...moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image... | |
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