And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT. The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century - Page 237by Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mrs. Little - 1852 - 154 pages
...knew the right and pursued the wrong. — • "On that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, so eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow,...peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent." " What a quotation for a servant !" some will say. Not so fast, my friend ; I have seen here, in our... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that check, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, so eloquent. The smiles that win, the tints that glow,...with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. TO THE MKMOUY OF HENRY KIRKE WHITE. Bright be the place of thy soul, No lovelier spirit than thine E'er... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 pages
...day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her...peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT. THE harp the monarch miustrel swept, The King of men, the loved... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half-impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her...that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, so eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pages
...Or softly lightens o'er her face : Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure — how dear the dwelling-place. And on that cheek and o'er that brow...peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. SOLDIER, WAKE— THE DAY IS PEEPING. [Sir WALTiB SCOTT.] Soldier, wake — the day is peeping, Honour... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, m Had half impair'd the nameless graco, Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her...peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT. THE harp the monarch minstrel swept, The King of men, the loved... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress Or softly lightens o'er her face,...peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. Lord Byron CLXXIV Her eyes as stars of twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace, Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her...peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT. THE harp the monarch minstrel swept, The King of men, the loved... | |
| Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...three fast friends, more sure than day or night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death. COLERIDGE. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so...peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend; ks to the grave... | |
| Aesthetics - 1861 - 144 pages
...How pure, how dear their dwelling place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, so eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow,...peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. Axna Latttia ;;,<.-.»" (3) HERE'S TO THEE, MY SCOTTISH LASSIE. HERE'S to thee, my Scottish lassie!... | |
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