 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
 | Walter Colton - History - 1850 - 480 pages
...untaught motions melted into flowing lines, soft and graceful as those of a bird circling among flowers. " Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's...about her drawn, From May-time and the cheerful dawn." The features of Adam betrayed his affinity to Eve. It was a brother's pride hovering over a sister's... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 382 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...her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn Prom May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, . To haunt, to startle, and waylay.... | |
 | Walter Colton - Biography & Autobiography - 1850 - 534 pages
...into flowing lines, soft and graceful as those of a bird circling among flowers. " Her eyes as stare of twilight fair ; Like twilight's too her dusky hair...about her drawn, From May-time and the cheerful dawn." The features of Adam betrayed his affinity to Eve. It was a brother's pride hovering over a sister's... | |
 | Walter Colton - Biography & Autobiography - 1850 - 500 pages
...untaught motions melted into flowing lines, soft and graceful as those of a bird circling among flowers. " Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's...dusky hair : But all things else about her drawn, From May -time and the cheerful dawn." The features of Adam betrayed his affinity to Eve. It was a brother's... | |
 | University magazine - 1850 - 794 pages
...sister praised in such lines as the following, than in any that Burns, Moore, or Byron ever wrote ? " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virg'm liberty ; A countenance iu which did meet Sweet records ; promises as nweel ; A creature not... | |
 | Education - 1850 - 780 pages
...undergoing transformations ! Not an hour passes that does not witness the birth of some ethereal being. "A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." And yet how few — how passing few there are who receive this heaven-sent beauty ! Would not the teacher... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...PORTRAIT. 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...woman too! Her household motions light and free, And sleps of virgin liberty; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 492 pages
...gentler spring That went before my steps. Thereafter came One whom with thee friendship had early paired; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair ; Like Twilight's,...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin-liberty; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 488 pages
...spring That went before my steps. Thereafter came One whom with thee friendship had early paired ; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair ; Like Twilight's,...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin-liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A Creature not... | |
 | English literature - 1850 - 140 pages
...DELIGHT. SHE was a phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight...the cheerful dawn; A dancing shape, an image gay, A traveler between life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength,... | |
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