 | University magazine - 1850 - 794 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1850 - 144 pagina’s
...twilight's too, her 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. I saw her on a nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pagina’s
...twilight's, too, her 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. And steps of virgin-liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A... | |
 | 1850 - 780 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 506 pagina’s
...thee friendship had early paired ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pagina’s
...her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn; A daneing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay....motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenanee in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pagina’s
...twilight's, too, her 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...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... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1851 - 636 pagina’s
...twilight's too her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time's brightest liveliest dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to...spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light aud free, And steps of virgin-liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pagina’s
...twilight, too, her 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. 1 saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too! Her household motions light and free, And steps... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - 352 pagina’s
...drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn. A dancing shape and image gay, To haunt, to startle, to waylay. " ' I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too. With household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty, A countenance in which did meet,... | |
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Like Twilight's, too, her 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. 
