| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 436 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...full of liquid light ; I never saw a waist so slender ; VOL. II.— 7 Her every look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows ; I thought... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1866 - 438 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...Shot right and left a score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows. She talked of politics or prayers... | |
| Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 428 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...Shot right and left a score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wonder'd where she'd left her sparrows. She talk'd, — of politics... | |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1867 - 410 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...full of liquid light ; I never saw a waist so slender ! r every look, her every smile, " ot right and left a score < JJTOV. ••- ; ght 'twas Venus frofl... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And thenshedaiiced,—0 Heaven ¡her dancing. nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught...trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but r I thought 't was Venus from her isle, And wondered where she 'd left her sparrows. She talked of... | |
| American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced, — О Heaven ! her dancing. thought, a legion of foul fiends Environed me, and...impression made my dream. SHAKESPEARE. THE DREAM. OrR She talked of politics or prayers, Of Southey's prose or Wordsworth's sonnets, Of danglers or of dancing... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 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...smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows! She talked of politics or prayers,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...subtlest spell by far Of all that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; d by the lier isle, And wondered where she 'd left her sparrowa She talked ot politics or prayers, Of Southey's... | |
| Henry Southgate - Love poetry - 1873 - 448 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...Shot right and left a score of arrows ; I thought twas Venus from her isle, And wonder'd where she left her sparrows. Through sunny May, through sultry... | |
| Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...romancing; She was our queen, our rose, our star; And then she danced — О Heaven, her dancing ! ublimate it away into a philosophical principle, and to forget to 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows. She talked, — of politics... | |
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