 | James Parton - English poetry - 1884 - 734 pages
...her at a country ball ; There when the sound of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old Vml^ Of hands across and down the middle, Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And when she danced — oh, heaven,... | |
 | Literature - 1885 - 544 pages
...In short, while I was yet a boy — I fell in love with Laura Lilly. I saw her at the county ball : There, when the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave signal...romancing ; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And when she danced — 0 Heaven !• her dancing ! Dark was her hair ; her hand was white ; Her voice... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1886 - 878 pages
...boy, I fell in love with Laura Lilly. I saw her at the County Ball: There, when the sounds of flnte and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall, Of...across and down the middle, Hers was the subtlest spell hy far Of all that sets young hearts romancing: Phe was our queen, our rose, our star; And then she... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English literature - 1886 - 316 pages
...was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lily. I saw her at the County Ball : There, when the sound of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall Of hands across and down the middle, Her's was the subtlest spell by far Of all that set young hearts romancing ; She was our queen, our... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English literature - 1886 - 316 pages
...was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lily. I saw her at the County Ball : There, when the sound of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall Of hands across and down the middle, Her's was the subtlest spell by far Of all that set young hearts romancing ; She was our queen, our... | |
 | Gertrude Strohm - English poetry - 1887 - 212 pages
...HOLMES. (By permission of Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.) I saw her at a county ball ; There, where the sound of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old...middle. Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that sets young hearts romancing ; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And when she danced — O Heaven,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1890 - 482 pages
...was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lilly. I saw her at a county ball ; There, when the soundof flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall...middle, Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And when she danced — O Heaven,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1890 - 458 pages
...her at a ,-ounty ball ; There, when the sound of Hute and fiddle to greet, SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES. Gave signal sweet in that old hall Of hands across...middle, Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that sets young hearts romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our stur ; And when she danced — 0 Heaven,... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - English poetry - 1891 - 452 pages
...ago,—ere yet my dreams Or yawn'd o'er this infernal Chitty;— Years—years ago,—while all my joy There, when the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall I saw her at the County Ball : Of hands across and down the middle, Hers was the subtlest spell by... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1891 - 556 pages
...bell. Byron. QUEEN OP THE. I saw her at a country ball, There, when the sound of flute and fiddle, Oave signal sweet in that old hall, Of hands across and down the middle. Her's was the subtlest spell by far Of all that sets young hearts romancing; ehe was our queen, our... | |
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Heaven ! her dancing ! 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... 
