| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1831 - 388 pages
...; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced, — Oh heaven, her dancing! IIL Dark was her hair; her hand was white ; Her voice was exquisitely...Shot right and left a score of arrows ; I thought 't was Venus from her isle. And wondered where she 'd left her sparrows. IV. She talked — of politics,... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1831 - 396 pages
...spell by far Of all that set young hearts romancing ; She was our queen, our rose, our star; HI. Dark was her hair; her hand was white ; Her voice was exquisitely...every smile. Shot right and left a score of arrows; l thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she 'd left her sparrows. IV. She talked —... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...romancing: She was our queen, our rose, our star; And then she danced, — O Heaven ! her dancing. Dark was her hair; her hand was white; Her voice was exquisitely...smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows: I thought 't was Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows. She talked of politics or prayers,... | |
| Railroad engineering - 1832 - 426 pages
...; Her voice waaexqimHely lender ; Her ey««J were IUI1 of liquid light ¡ I never saw a waist t»o slender ; Her every look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of arrow« ; Ilh'iught 'twas Venus from heriste, ABÍ wondsr'd whcie »he'd l«lt h«r iparrow«. She... | |
| American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...romancing, She was our queen, our rose, our star; And then she danced — oh, heaven ! her dancing ! Dark was her hair ; her hand was white ; Her voice was...smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows; I thought 't was Venus from her isle, And wonder'd where she left her sparrows. She talk'd of politics or prayers... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And when she danced — oh, heaven, her dancing ! Dark was her hair, her hand was white ; Her voice was exquisitely...score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, I wondered where she'd left her sparrows. She talk'd of politics or prayers ; Of Southey's prose, or... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And when she danced — oh, heaven, her dancing ! Dark was her hair, her hand was white ; Her voice was exquisitely tender, PR A ED S POEMS. Her eyes were full of liquid light ; I never saw a waist so slender ; Her every look,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star; And when she danced — oh, heaven, her dancing! Dark was her hair, her hand was white ; Her voice was exquisitely...slender; Her every look, her every smile, Shot right ami left a score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, I wonder'd where «he'd left her... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star; And when she danced — oh, heaven, her dancing! Dark was her hair, her hand was white ; Her voice was exquisitely...score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, I wonder'd where she 'd left her sparrows. She talk'd of polities or prayers ; Of Southey's prose,... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...romancing, . She was our queen, our rose, our star, And when she danced—Oh, heaven ! her dancing I Dark was her hair; her hand was white; Her voice was exquisitely...look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of arfbws; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows! She talked... | |
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