 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
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1866 - 420 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 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 prose,... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 428 pages
...that set young hearts romancing ; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — O Heaven, her dancing ! Dark was her hair, her hand...score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wonder'd where she'd left her sparrows. She talk'd, — of politics or prayers, — Or Southey's... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1867 - 410 pages
...that set young hearts romancing ; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — O Heaven, her dancing ! Dark was her hair, her hand...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
...that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And thenshedaiiced,—0 een leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they...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... | |
 | 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...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,... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced, — О ents ! " With that, methought, a legion of foul fiends...but that I was in hell, — Such terrible impress 't was Venus from her isle, And wondered where she 'd left her sparrows, She talked of politics or... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...that set young hearts romancing; She was our queen, our rose, our star; And then she danced — О ving terror, than to sublimate it away into a philosophical principle, and to forget to And wondered where she'd left her sparrows. She talked, — of politics or prayers, — Of Southey's... | |
 | Henry Southgate - Love poetry - 1873 - 448 pages
...that set young hearts romancing ; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — O heaven, her dancing ! Dark was her hair, her hand...score of arrows ; I thought twas Venus from her isle, And wonder'd where she left her sparrows. Through sunny May, through sultry June I loved her with a... | |
 | 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 't was Venus from lier isle, And wondered where she 'd left her sparrowa She talked ot politics or... | |
 | London Mayfair - 1874 - 468 pages
...that set young hearts romancing; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — O 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, — Or Southey's... | |
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