 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
 | 1861 - 144 pagina’s
..."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... | |
 | James Routledge - 1861 - 268 pagina’s
...revellers, as he repeated with marked emphasis : — " She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight — A 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... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pagina’s
...many a claim, The poet's darling ! A PORTRAIT. 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 are stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pagina’s
...trust and safety. FEMALE LOVELINESS.— Wordsworth. 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 are stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 272 pagina’s
...loquacity, or even a legitimate talent for discussion, may be inferred from his verses, beginning — " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd upon my sight." Once for all,* these exquisite lines were dedicated to Mrs. Wordsworth ; were understood to describe... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 270 pagina’s
...loquacity, or even a legitimate talent for discussion, may be inferred from his verses, beginning — " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd upon my sight." Once for all,* these exquisite lines were dedicated to Mrs. Wordsworth ; were understood to describe... | |
 | Brother Wagtale (Pseud.) - 1864 - 228 pagina’s
...never got beyond the first line. CHAPTER V. " She was 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 and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay."... | |
 | Eliza Woodson Burhans Farnham - 1864 - 330 pagina’s
...heart to love our English tongue or revere Woman. " 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, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn... | |
 | Henry Heavisides - 1864 - 184 pagina’s
...production of the subjoined beautiful PORTRAIT. " 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 too her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time, and the cheerful dawn;... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1865 - 310 pagina’s
...pattern guide and friend to be, To give him back the Heaven he forfeited for thee. XXIX. WOMAN. HE was a phantom of delight When first she gleam'd upon...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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