 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...  Poems of Wordsworth - Page 105by William Wordsworth - 1904 - 639 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...and waves around him slug. MILLER. §. f orfrait. SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleam'd upon my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a...else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful L>awa ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her, upon nearer view,... | |
 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 pages
...be, what each of you, through grace, may be : " She was a Phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd upon my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a...dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May -time and the cheerful Dawn ; A dancing shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.... | |
 | James Routledge - 1861 - 268 pages
...the sycamore; again to look down on the happy revellers, as he repeated with marked emphasis : — " She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed...lovely apparition sent To be a moment's ornament." And thus he repeated Wordsworth's beautiful poem until he came to the latter part of the last stanza... | |
 | 1861 - 144 pages
..."SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT." SHE was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my Bight — A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament...twilight fair ; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; Bnt all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn — A dancing shape, an image... | |
 | Emma Jane Worboise - 1862 - 644 pages
...myself — "O happiness not to be found, Unattainable treasure, adieu ! " CHAPTER XXXI. • EBICA. She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed...cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, or startle, and waylay ; A creature not too hright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...hast not gone without thy fame ; Thou art indeed, by many a claim, The poet's darling ! A PORTRAIT. SHE was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed...apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes are stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn... | |
 | 1863 - 858 pages
...First ho paints her ethereal beauty — she is a lovely apparition, a dancing shape, an image gay— "Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's,...about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn." On nearer view she is " A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...never may there come Suspect or danger, but all trust and safety. FEMALE LOVELINESS.— Wordsworth. SHE was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed...apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes are stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn... | |
 | Brother Wagtale (Pseud.) - 1864 - 228 pages
...famous battle ;" or rather attempting to do so, for he never got beyond the first line. CHAPTER V. " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed...dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May- time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay."... | |
 | Eliza Woodson Burhans Farnham - Sex differences (Psychology) - 1864 - 330 pages
...author, which will never wear out while there is a heart to love our English tongue or revere Woman. " She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed...ornament ; 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... | |
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