 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 Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth - Page 132by William Wordsworth - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Maria Edgeworth - England - 1834 - 246 pages
...stopping before Lady Cecilia, repeated to her, in a very low voice, the following: — *' I saw her uoon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too! Her household motions light ana free. And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1886 - 488 pages
...himself, and then stopping before Lady Cecilia, repeated to her, in a very low voice, the following. " 1 saw her upon nearer view, / A spirit, yet a woman...liberty ; ^•' ..- A countenance in which did meet - n^ v Sweet records, promises as sweet ; ,V • >,'•• A creature not too bright or good V <*iV\... | |
 | 1835 - 616 pages
...my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time...Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to siartle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motioní... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 476 pages
...DELIGHT. 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; I3ut all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Daivn ; A dancing Shape, an Image... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1835 - 910 pages
...proposed to ourselves in selecting her history for the entertainment of the reader. CHAPTER XVIII. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1836 - 368 pages
...1799. 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...dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time's brightest, liveliest dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.... | |
 | 1837 - 562 pages
...mingled with surprise that so lovely and graceful a creature should be born in so humble a situation. " Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's...dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-layI saw her, upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free,... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...thee. She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed upon my sigl.t, A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight...dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time's brightest, liveliest dawn,— A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1859 - 672 pages
...not, however, disenchant my fancy of the earlier picture — of a gracious youthful presence, with eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's, too,...about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn. Heaven forbid that I should ever lose the habit I have, when looking into the face of aged womanhood,... | |
 | 1837 - 418 pages
..." 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 twilights, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May time and the cheerful... | |
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