 twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride.  Noctes Ambrosianæ - Page 420by John Wilson - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English poetry - 1857 - 432 pages
...fear, And partly 'twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride. 9* LINES SUGGESTED AT THEATRE. MAIDEN, that with... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - American fiction - 1860 - 440 pages
...from being regarded as an intruder, the world thought me the proper heir of my cousin. CHAPTER XXIX. " I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous bride." COLERIDGE. BY arrangement, I stopped at the... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...partly 'twas a bashful art That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. 1 calm'd her fears ; and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride ! WORDSWORTH. THE GLORY OF IMAGINATION. THE Shepherd-lad,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...And partly "t was a bashful art That Imight rather feel than see, The swelling of her heart. I calm'd her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride, And so I won my Gencvieve, My own, my beauteous bride ! I can hardly say a word upon this poem for very... | |
 | William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...partly 'twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see The swelling of her heart. I calm'd her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride. COLERIDGE. SONG FOR AUGUST. BENEATH this starry... | |
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 196 pages
...partly 'twas a bashful art That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calm'd her fears ; and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my tienevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride ! i UW A .< FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. I'VE seen... | |
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 218 pages
...partly 'twas a bashful art That I might rather feel, than see. The swelling of her heart. I calm'd her fears ; and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Oenevieve, Mv bright and beauteous Bride ! FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. I'VE seen the smiling... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 552 pages
...fear, And partly 'twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride. 1797. SOMETHING CHILDISH, BUT VERY NATURAL. WRITTEN... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...fear, And partly ''twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears ; and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous bride ! COLEBIDGE. 79. WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN. CHILDREN... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1861 - 448 pages
...'Twas partly love, and partly fear, And partly 'twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride. LINES SUGGESTED AT THEATRE. MAIDKN, that with... | |
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