 She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition , sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the...  the poets of lhkeland wordsworth - Page 318by T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1823 - 474 pages
...emphasis, those delightful lines, which no man need ever make an apology fur being able to recite. She was a Phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd...Twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else ahout her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn : A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, and... | |
 | 1824 - 446 pages
...neither Milton nor Shakspeare in their highest moments would have been ashamed of. My second proof: — " She was a Phantom of Delight When first she gleam'd...But all things else about her drawn From May-time an3 the cheerful fawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 446 pages
...neither Milton nor Shakspeare in their highest moments would have been ashamed of. My second proof: — " She was a Phantom of Delight When first she gleam'd upon my »ight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's or»ament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair ;... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 478 pages
...uttered in quite an imaginative vein of poetry, yet at the same time in the plain language of sincerity. She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. JVete Series, JVo. 18. 47 Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1826 - 404 pages
...others, or more mischief between ourselves. Good night." And in this manner they parted. CHAPTER IV. Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's,...May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. WORDSWOETH. WHEN Paul left Dalveen castle he turned... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...— for there is a spirit in the woods. 60 IX. SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a...From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...forth ; then, Shepherds ! shall ye A PORTRAIT. SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a...May-time and the cheerful Dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view. A Spirit, yet a Woman... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...gleamed upon my «ighl : A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment'« ornament; 344 345 Her eyes iu stars of Twilight fair ; Like Twilight's, too, her!...From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image puv. To haunt, to itartle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...T«»efc — lor there is a spirit in the woods. S«i was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a...Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; •at all things else about her drawn From Stay-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image... | |
 | 1832 - 492 pages
...And sighed among its playthings. A BEAUTIFUL GIRL. Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her, drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn. A TROPICAL NIGHT. — Where the stars are scattered seen, In hazy straits the clouds between, Each in... | |
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