 Dark was her hair, her hand was white ; Her voice was exquisitely tender ; Her eyes were full of liquid light ; I never saw a waist so slender ! Her every look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle,...  The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 187by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 580 pages
...romancing, She was our queen, our rose, our star, And when she danced— Oh, heaven ! her dancing 1 Dark was her hair ; her hand was white ; Her voice...score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows! She talked of politics or prayers, Of Southey's prose,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...that sets young hearts romancing, She was our queen, our rose, our star, And when she danced— Oh, heaven ! her dancing ! , Dark was her hair; her hand...right and left a score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Veaus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows! She talked of politics or prayers,... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 700 pages
...love with Laura Lilly. I saw her at a country ball; There when the sound of flute and fiddle Grave signal sweet in that old hall, Of hands across and...every smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows; I thought't was Yenus from her isle, I wondered where she 'd left her sparrows. She talk'd of politics... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 720 pages
...that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And when she danced — oh, heaven, her dancing ! Dark was her hair, her hand...Shot right and left a score of arrows ; I thought 't was Venus from her isle, I wondered where she 'd left her sparrows. She talk'd of polities or prayers... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1857 - 396 pages
...romancing, She was our queen, our rose, our star, And when she danced — Oh, heaven ! her dancing 1 Dark was her hair ; her hand was white ; Her voice...score of arrows : I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows ! She talked of politics or prayers, Of Southey's prose,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 454 pages
...She was our queen, our rose, our star; And then she danced — O Heaven, her dancing ! VOL. II, I, Dark was her hair, her hand was white ; Her voice...score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows. She talked, — of politics or prayers, — • Of Southey's... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 466 pages
...romancing; She was our queen, our rose, pur star; And then she danced — O Heaven, her dancing! .VOI. II. L Dark was her hair, her hand was white; Her voice was...score of arrows; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows. She talked, — of politics or prayers, — Of Southey's... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 444 pages
...by far Of all that sets young hearts romaricing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced—oh, heaven, her dancing! Dark was her...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 'twas... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 436 pages
...that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — oh, heaven, her dancing' ! Dark was her hair, her hand...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
...that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — oh, heaven, her dancing ! Dark was her hair, her hand...score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows. She talked of politics or prayers — Of Southey's prose,... | |
| |
