 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1883 - 382 pages
...was her hair; her hand was white; I never saw a waist so slender; Her every look, her every smile, Her voice was exquisitely tender; Her eyes were full of liquid light; Shot right and left a score of arrows: I thought 't was Venus from her isle, I wondered where she 'd... | |
 | Oliver Bell Bunce - English poetry - 1884 - 110 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...sparrows. She talked, — of politics or prayers, — Or Southey's prose, or Wordsworth's sonnets, — By candlelight, at twelve o'clock, To me it mattered... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1884 - 734 pages
...romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And when she danced — oh, heaven, her dancing < Dark was her hair, her hand was white ; Her voice...score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, I wondered where she 'd left her sparrows. She talk'd of politics or prayers ; Of Southey's prose,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1885 - 272 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...or prayers, — Of Southey's prose or Wordsworth's sonnets, — Of danglers — or of dancing bears, Of battles — or the last new bonnets, — By candlelight,... | |
 | Literature - 1885 - 544 pages
...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...thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she left her sparrows. She talked of politics or prayers, Of Southey's prose or Wordsworth's sonnets,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1886 - 878 pages
...hearts romancing: Phe 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...wondered where she'd left her sparrows. She talked of polities or prayers— Of Southey's prose, or Wordsworth's sounds, Of danglers or of dancing hears,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English literature - 1886 - 316 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...exquisitely tender ; Her eyes were full of liquid light ; Her every look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Verms from... | |
 | Gertrude Strohm - English poetry - 1887 - 212 pages
...romancing ; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And when she danced — O Heaven, her dancing ! Her voice was exquisitely tender ; Her eyes were full of liquid light; I ntver saw a waist so slender ; Her every look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1889 - 406 pages
...romancing ; She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced — O Heaven, her dancing I Dark was her hair, her hand was white ; Her voice...full of liquid light ; I never saw a waist so slender I Her every look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows; I thought 'twas Venus from... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1890 - 458 pages
...romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our stur ; And when she danced — 0 Heaven, her dancing ! Dark was her hair; her hand was white; Her voice was...Shot right and left a score of arrows : I thought 't was Venus from her isle, 1 wondered where she 'd left her sparrows. She talked of politics or prayers,... | |
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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, Shot right and left a score of arrows ; I thought 'twas... 
