 Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fix'd yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That...  New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Page 215edited by - 1852Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...and distress, (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark d the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's...not, now, And but for that chill changeless brow, When; cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 434 pages
...and distress; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the line where beauty lingers,) And marked the mild angelic air— The rapture of repose that's...cheek, And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not—wins not—weeps not—now, And but for that chill, changeless brow, Whose touch thrills with... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1826 - 466 pages
...and distress (Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beanty lingers), And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's...languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shronded eye, That fires not, wius not, weeps not, now, And but for that chili changeless brow, Vhere... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...where beauty lingers, And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed, yet tender traits, that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — 3 but for that sad shrouded eye * That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And — 5 but for that... | |
 | Guards - 1827 - 308 pages
...repose that's there, The fiVd yet tender tints that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And—but for that sad shrouded eye That fires not, wins not,...not, now, And but for that chill, changeless brow, Where cold obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The... | |
 | Thomas Robert Jolliffe - Greece - 1827 - 304 pages
...distress ; — Ere yet decay's effacing fingers Have swept the line where beauty lingers, — And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fix'd, yet tender, tints that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires... | |
 | Thomas Robert Jolliffe - 1827 - 314 pages
...distress ;— Ere yet decay's effacing fingers Have swept the line where beauty lingers,— And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fix'd, yet tender, tints that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And—but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...where beauty lingers; And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid...not, now. And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...where beauty lingers) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed, yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid...not, now, And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold obstructions, apathy, Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...angelic air, The rapture of repose, that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The langour of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded...not, now, And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The... | |
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