 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...  Memoir of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Hemans - Pagina 39door Harriet Mary Browne - 1840 - 317 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1836 - 436 pagina’s
...form of oriental benediction, " Slay you die among your kindred." — Greenwood. SHE WAS A PHANTOM. She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed...lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes art* stars of Twilight fair ; I.iko Twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; Jiut all things else... | |
 | Garland - 1836 - 246 pagina’s
...and few could know When Lucy ceased to be ; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me ! SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed...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... | |
 | 1837 - 418 pagina’s
...who might well have been mistaken for the Naiad of the place, so lonely and so lovely did she seem. " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed...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... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pagina’s
...bird ! the earth we pace Again appears to be An unsubstantial, faery place, That is fit home for 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 fair, Like... | |
 | James Gregor Grant - 1838 - 290 pagina’s
...me see The brightest star of ages yet to be, And I will mate and match him blissfully." Wordsworth, She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight, A dancing Shape, an Image gay — To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her, upon nearer view, A Spirit,... | |
 | Isabel Goldsmid - 1839 - 336 pagina’s
...the " ars medendi ;" but few are aware how oft it has swollen the bills of mortality. CHAPTER III, She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight too her dusky hair; But all things else about... | |
 | 1839 - 538 pagina’s
...make up the perfection of female loveliness. Such is the idea of this picture: NO. vII. vOL. Iv. 8 " She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed...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... | |
 | Margaret Coxe - 1839 - 364 pagina’s
...language, than is to be found in those exquisite stanzas of this poet, commencing with the lines, " She was a Phantom of delight, When first she gleamed upon my sight." The poem entitled Tintern Abbey is one of the most precious morceaux; it is characterised by thought... | |
 | 1869 - 406 pagina’s
...element was home. Her loving and admiring husband has drawn her features in the following lines : — "She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed...lovely 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... | |
 | 1841 - 686 pagina’s
...am, dear Sir,your obdt.Servt. AW 72 THE OLD CHURCH CLOCK. ( Concluded from page 59. ) CHAPTER XIV. SHE was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament I saw her, upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And... | |
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