| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...romancing : She was our queen, our rose, our star; And then she danced,— OHeaven ! herdancing! Dark was her hair ; her hand was white, Her voice was exquisitely tender ; Her eyes were full of liquid light ; 1 never saw a waist so slender ; Her every look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of... | |
| Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1879 - 722 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...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 prose,... | |
| William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 274 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... | |
| William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 264 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...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... | |
| C. A. M. Burdett - Blank-books - 1880 - 360 pages
...thee more dear. Moore. Show us how divine a thing A woman may be made. Worctswortk. October 18. Dark was her hair, her hand was white, Her voice was exquisitely...full of liquid light, I never saw a waist so slender. Winthrop M. Prtud. In her first passion woman loves her lover ; In all the others all she loves is... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1883 - 544 pages
...when she danced — Oh, heaven ! her dancing ! Dark was her hair ; her hand was white ; Her voice waa exquisitely tender; Her eyes were full of liquid light...slender. Her every look, her every smile, Shot right aud left a score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, Aud wondered where she'd left her... | |
| 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... | |
| English poetry - 1884 - 328 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...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 prose,... | |
| James Parton - English poetry - 1884 - 732 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 was exquisitely...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 - 268 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...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... | |
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