| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 454 pages
...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 was exquisitely...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
...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 exquisitely...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 - 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 was exquisitely...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 - 1865 - 444 pages
...romaricing : 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 was exquisitely...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 - 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 was exquisitely...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, or... | |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson - Anthologies - 1867 - 380 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 was exquisitely...isle, And wonder'd where she'd left her sparrows. She talk'd, — of politics or prayers, — Or Southey's prose, or Wordsworth's sonnets, — Of danglers... | |
| 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 was exquisitely...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
...romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And thenshedaiiced,—0 Heaven ¡her dancing. Dark e's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate...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 exquisitely...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, or Wordsworth's... | |
| American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star ; And then she danced, — О Heaven ! her dancing. Dark ht, a legion of foul fiends Environed me, and howled...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... | |
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