 | David Macbeth Moir - 1856 - 360 Seiten
...breast, As down she knelt in Heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her...wings, for heaven; Porphyro grew faint, She knelt BO pure a thing, so free from mortal taint." We have here a specimen of descriptive power luxuriously... | |
 | John Keats - 1856 - 326 Seiten
...prcst, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory ^ like a saint : She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven...taint. Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Qi' all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her... | |
 | John Keats - 1856 - 70 Seiten
...breast ; As down she fcnelt for heaven's grace and boon Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint : She knelt,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 Seiten
...wings, for heaven ! — Porphyro grew fat, \ She knell, so pure a thing, so tree from mortiluoUj " Anon his heart revives ! Her vespers done. Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she freer, Unclasps her warmed jewels, one by one ; Loosens her fragrant bodice ; by degrees Her rich anire... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1857 - 252 Seiten
...breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon : Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together pressed, And on her silver cross soft amethyst. And on her...like a saint : She seemed a splendid angel, newly dressed, Save wings, for heaven!" '' Is it not exquisite ?" asked Mortimer, looking in Daisy's face.... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1858 - 274 Seiten
...be unknown, if I transcribe the verses in which Keats has painted Madeline lying down in her beauty. —Her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees; Unclasps her warmed jewels one hy one ; Loosens her fragrant boddiee ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees: Half-hidden,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1858 - 428 Seiten
...breast, As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon ; Hose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint : She knelt,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 Seiten
...saint ; She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint—11 She knelt so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint....wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmid jewels one by one ;'* Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1859 - 380 Seiten
...radiant and lovely ; as upon Keats's kneeling maiden : — "Eose blooms fell on her hands together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her...splendid angel newly drest, Save wings, for heaven." And if such, in general, be the sphere and power of poetry, what is it to be a poet ? To be a poet... | |
 | John Keats - 1859 - 524 Seiten
...together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint: She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven...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... | |
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Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like... 
