 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
 | Isabel Goldsmid - 1852 - 228 pagina’s
...in the "ars medendi;" but few are aware how oft it has swollen the bills of mortality. CHAPTEE 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... | |
 | Isabel Goldsmid - 1852 - 230 pagina’s
...in the "ars inedendi;" but few are aware how oft it has swollen the bills of mortality. CHAPTEE 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 her... | |
 | 1852 - 372 pagina’s
...1802. Every one will remember the beautiful lines which the poet has addressed to her, commencing — "She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed upon my sight." And it is pleasant to add that the illusion of this first love never died out of his heart. De Quincy... | |
 | George Searle Phillips - 1852 - 314 pagina’s
...talent for discussion and analytic skill may be inferred from his celebrated verses, beginning : ' She was a phantom of delight • When first she gleamed upon my sight ;' and ending with this matchless winding up jjf ' A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pagina’s
...informer or false accuser generally. In modern languages it has acquired the sense of a mean flatterer. " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament." Wordncorth. Phemi (Gr.), / speak; as, prophet, prophetical, prophesy. Philos (Gr.), a lover; as philosopher,... | |
 | Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 138 pagina’s
...Meek, yielding to the occasion's call, And all things suffering from all, Thy function apostolical 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... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pagina’s
...dress that she was wed in, That her spirit might have rest. TI;NNYSON. tons af Ipitom 0f geligjrt. 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 hah'; But all things else about... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 946 pagina’s
...brown ; and the ever-varying expression of her brilliant eyes gave a changeful play to her countenance, which would have made it impossible for any painter to do justice to it. No wonder that so fair a creature should excite the admiration of n gallant captain. And the love on... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1853 - 300 pagina’s
...these shades In gentleness of heart ; with gentle hand Touch — for there is a spirit in the woods. TT SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sigm, A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair ; Like... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pagina’s
...if you 're waking, call me, call me early, mother dear. SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. - Wordnurth. 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... | |
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