 | Laura Valentine - 1880
...[mortal taint. She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees; Unclasps...boddice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her'knees; Half-hidden, like a mermaid in seaweed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1065 Seiten
...She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. Anon his heart revives ; her vespers done, Of d poor Î My angel, — his name is Freedom, — Choose...him to be your king ; He shall cut pathways east bodice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees ; Half hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1002 Seiten
...knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. XXVI. Anon his heart revives: her vespers done. Of so dear ?— The tent-ropes flapping lone I hear,...twilight converse, arm in arm ; The jackal's shri bodice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees: Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1881 - 320 Seiten
...She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. Anon his heart revives ; her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by cue ; Loosens her fragrant bodice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees; Half hidden,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 958 Seiten
...knelt, so puro a, thing, so free from mortal taint. Лион liia heart revives : her vespers done, Of earse that bore theo slow away ; And, turning from my nursery bodice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees; Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed,... | |
 | John Keats - 1883
...prest, And rose bloom on her hands together prest. XXVI. Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps...by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees She seem'd like an immortal a[n]gel drest. I In line 8, again, Porphyro is struck out and Lionel substituted;... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 412 Seiten
...She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps...by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees " Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline 's fair breast. And... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1883 - 315 Seiten
...knelt, so pure a tiling, so free from mortal taint. XXVI. Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps...warmed jewels one by one ; ('*) Loosens her fragrant bodice : by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees : Half hidden, like a mermaid in seaweed,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 406 Seiten
...so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. " Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all her wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant bodice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees. Half-hidden, like a mermaid in seaweed,... | |
 | John Keats - 1883
...knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. XXVI. Anon his heart revives: her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; ^oosens her fragrant boddice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees : Half-hidden,... | |
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Half-hidden, like a mermaid in seaweed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled. 
