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" There, when the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall Of hands across and down the middle, Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that... "
The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles ... - Page 288
1830
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The poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, with a memoir by D. Coleridge, Volume 2

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 466 pages
...in my fowling-piece and filly,- — In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lily. I saw her at the County Ball : There, when the sounds...spell by far Of all that set young hearts romancing; She was our queen, our rose, pur star; And then she danced — O Heaven, her dancing! .VOI. II. L Dark...
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The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 1

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 436 pages
...Were in my fowling-piece and filly ; In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lilly. I saw her at the County Ball : There when the sounds...middle, Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — oh, heaven,...
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The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 2

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 444 pages
...Were in my fowling-piece and filly ; In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lilly. I saw her at the County Ball: There when the sounds of flute and riddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall, Of hands across and down the middle, Hers was the subtlest...
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Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon, Volume 12

Belgravia - 1870 - 558 pages
...prigg'd before.' Praed's sketch of the Devonshire belle — a charming coquette — is excellent good : ' I saw her at the county ball : There, when the sounds...spell by far Of all that set young hearts romancing ; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — 0 heaven, her dancing ! She sketch'd;...
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The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 2

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1866 - 438 pages
...II.— 10 In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lilly. I saw her at the Connty Ball : There, when the sounds of flute and fiddle...middle, Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — oh, heaven,...
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Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de ...

Frederick Locker-Lampson - Anthologies - 1867 - 380 pages
...in my fowling-piece and filly, — In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lily. I saw her at the County Ball : There, when the sounds...spell by far Of all that set young hearts romancing ; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — O Heaven, her dancing ! Dark was...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...enchantments — Art and Nature. 'Byron, Mar. Fal. I saw her at a country ball"; There when the sound of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall, Of hands across and down the middle. Hera was the subtlest spell by far Of all that sets young hearts romancing ; She was our queen, our...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...in my fowling-piece and filly ; In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lilly. 1 llaby: Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely...come not here ; Hence, you long-legged, spinnen, sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And thenshedaiiced,—0 Heaven...
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Acrostics in prose and verse, a sequel to Double acrostics by various ...

Acrostics - 1871 - 312 pages
...world." AMH 308. " For one who single is and snug, Now was not that an awful dream ?" 1. " There where the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in...that old hall, Of hands across and down the middle." 2. " A thousand different odours meet And mingle in its sweet perfume, Such as the winds of summer...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...Were in my fowling-piece and filly ; In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lilly. , And look like heralds of eternity ; They pass like...tyranny of pleasure and of pain ; They make us wha sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced, — О Heaven...
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