 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...  The Etonian - Pagina 1031821Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Lewis Jacob Cist - 1845 - 204 pagina’s
...HER OF THE HAZEL EYE. " A form of life and light; 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; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay!"... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pagina’s
...WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. She wai a Phantom of Delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a...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 startle, and way-lay.... | |
 | Wilton - 1846 - 298 pagina’s
...But not a jot of its intensity! PORTRAITS. " She was a Phantom of delight, " When first she gleamed upon my sight, " A lovely apparition sent " To be a moment's ornament. • * * " A creature not too bright or good " For human nature's daily food " For transient sorrows,... | |
 | Lady Emily Ponsonby - 1848 - 320 pagina’s
...as strong as the love of sisters. CHAPTER II. 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 twilights, too, her dusky hair. But all things else about her drawn From May-time's earliest, brightest... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1849 - 534 pagina’s
...emphasis, those delightful lines, which no man need ever make an apology for being able to recite. " She was a Phantom of delight. When first she gleam•d upon my sight: A luvely Apparition, sent To be a moment•s ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's,... | |
 | Walter Colton - 1850 - 500 pagina’s
...untaught motions melted into flowing lines, soft and graceful as those of a bird circling among flowers. " Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's...dusky hair : But all things else about her drawn, From May -time and the cheerful dawn." The features of Adam betrayed his affinity to Eve. It was a brother's... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 524 pagina’s
...delight,' 3 1 Vol. ip 209. * Vol. ii. p. 100 : — ' She was a Phantom of delight When f1rst she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a...Twilight fair ; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; 1 written in the third year of his married life. From these verses let him proceed to the following... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pagina’s
...upon Mr. Wordsworth's charming female portrait: She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight: A lovely apparition sent , To be a...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... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1851 - 636 pagina’s
...notes published in his Life, was addressed to his wife, expresses how sincerely he esteemed her : " She was a phantom of delight "When first she gleam'd upon my sight ; A lovely apparition, sent To bo a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's too her dusky hair ; But... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - 352 pagina’s
...of personal, mental, and moral graces : — " * She was a phantom of delight When first she gleam' d upon my sight— A lovely apparition sent To be a moment's ornament. , - Her eyes like stars of twilight fair — Like twilight too her dusky hair ; But all about her else was drawn... | |
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