The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 1W.J.Widdleton, 1865 - 413 pages |
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... Abbess has made the chiefest din , And cried the loudest cry ; She has pinned her cap with a crooked pin , And talked of Satan and of sin , And set her coif awry ; And she can never quiet be ; But ever since the Matins , In gallery and ...
... Abbess has made the chiefest din , And cried the loudest cry ; She has pinned her cap with a crooked pin , And talked of Satan and of sin , And set her coif awry ; And she can never quiet be ; But ever since the Matins , In gallery and ...
Page 151
... Abbess lifted up her eye , And laid her rosary down , And sigh'd a melancholy sigh , And frown'd an angry frown . " There's a cell in the dark cold ground , Where sinful passions wither : Vapory dews lie damp around , And merriment of ...
... Abbess lifted up her eye , And laid her rosary down , And sigh'd a melancholy sigh , And frown'd an angry frown . " There's a cell in the dark cold ground , Where sinful passions wither : Vapory dews lie damp around , And merriment of ...
Page 154
... Abbess lingers last , To mutter a prayer on her bended knee , And clasp to her girdle the iron key . But then , oh then began to run Horrible whispers from nun to nun : " Sister Amelia , " - " Sister Anne , " " Do tell us how it all ...
... Abbess lingers last , To mutter a prayer on her bended knee , And clasp to her girdle the iron key . But then , oh then began to run Horrible whispers from nun to nun : " Sister Amelia , " - " Sister Anne , " " Do tell us how it all ...
Page 155
... Abbess bless'd her ; " - " Was Father Anselm there to shrive ? For I'm sure she'll never come out alive ! " " Dear Elgitha , don't frighten us so ! " " It's just a hundred years ago , Since Father Peter was put in the cell For ...
... Abbess bless'd her ; " - " Was Father Anselm there to shrive ? For I'm sure she'll never come out alive ! " " Dear Elgitha , don't frighten us so ! " " It's just a hundred years ago , Since Father Peter was put in the cell For ...
Page 156
... abbess is gone to sup On mushrooms and sweet muscadel , In the fallen one's deserted cell . And now ' t is love's most lovely hour , And silence sits on earth and sky , And moonlight flings on turf and tower A spell of deeper witchery ...
... abbess is gone to sup On mushrooms and sweet muscadel , In the fallen one's deserted cell . And now ' t is love's most lovely hour , And silence sits on earth and sky , And moonlight flings on turf and tower A spell of deeper witchery ...
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Abbess Arminius beam beauteous beauty beneath blessed bliss blue bower breath bright brow charm cheek cold Count Otto courser dance dark dear DERWENT COLERIDGE dragon dream earth Eton Etonian eyes faded fair Fair Lady fairy fancy fat friars father fears flings flowers fond frown gaze grave grief half hand hath hear heard heart heaven Helen HENRY NELSON COLERIDGE holy hope hopes and fears John Moultrie King Arthur Knight Lady laugh light lips lonely look Lord Lurley lute maiden minstrel mirth murmur never Nonny o'er pain pale passion poems Praed's praise prayer rose round sigh silent sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit strange sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou wilt thought to-day to-night tone Troubadour Vidal voice Walmer Castle wandering weep Whate'er whispered wild WILLIAM SIDNEY WALKER WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED young youth