 | 1882 - 780 Seiten
...made my heartstrings thrill like an JEolian harp ; and, especially, why my pulse beat such a furions ratan when I looked and fingered over her little hand,...out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles. Among her love- inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her favorite reel to which I attempted giving... | |
 | Oliver Bell Bunce - 1883 - 332 Seiten
...heartstrings thrill like an sKjIij.it harp ; and particularly why my pulse beat such a furious rattan when I looked and fingered over her little hand to...love-inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her favorite reel to which I attempted giving an embodied vehicle in rhyme. I was not so presumptuous... | |
 | 1883 - 778 Seiten
...labors ; why the tones of her voice made my heartstrings thrill like an .flLolian harp ; and especially why my pulse beat such a furious ratan when I looked...fingered over her little hand, to pick out the cruel nettle-strings and thistles. Among her love-inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1883 - 378 Seiten
..." heart-strings thrill like an ^Eolian harp," and made his pulse beat a " furious ratan," when he " looked and fingered over her little hand, to pick out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles." To her he wrote his first song, Handsome Nell. In it occurs this felicitous verse : " She dresses aye... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 614 Seiten
...labors ; why the tones of her voice made my heartstrings thrill like an ^Eolian harp ; and espedaily why my pulse beat such a furious ratan when I looked...out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles. Among her love-inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly; and it was her favorite reel to which I attempted giving... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 Seiten
...labors; why the tones of her voice made my heartstrings thrill like an ^olian harp ; and especially why my pulse beat such a furious ratan when I looked...out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles. Among her love-inspiring Dualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her favorite reel to which I attempted giving... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - 364 Seiten
...the evening from our labours; why the tones of her voice made my heart-strings thrill like an JEolian harp ; and particularly why my pulse beat such a furious ratan when I fingered over her little hand to pick out the cruel stings and thistles. Among her other love-inspiring... | |
 | 1886 - 508 Seiten
...companion on the harvest rig, having made, as he says, his "pulse beat such a furious rattan when he looked and fingered over her little hand to pick out the cruel nettle stings and thistles." Here, too, he wished " For poor old Scotland's sake Some usefu' plan or... | |
 | Robert C. Ferguson - 1887 - 308 Seiten
...evening from our labours ; why the tones of her voice made my heart-strings thrill like an JEolian harp ; and particularly why my pulse beat such a furious...fingered over her little hand to pick out the cruel nettle stings and thistles. Among her other love-inspiring qualities, she sang sweetly ; and it was... | |
 | Henry T. Finck - 1887 - 586 Seiten
...heart-strings thrill like an ^Eolian harp, and particularly why my pulse beat such a furious rattan when I looked and fingered over her little hand to pick out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles." This is the true ecstasy of Love — the most delicious and thrilling emotion of which the human soul... | |
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... when I looked and fingered over her little hand to pick out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles. Among her other loveinspiring qualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her favourite reel to which I attempted giving an embodied vehicle in rhyme. 
