 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1836 - 436 pages
...benediction, " Slay you die among your kindred." — Greenwood. SHE WAS A PHANTOM. She was a Phantom of ER. [A correspondent of Ute Ktiinaurgh Hsguine gave...following singular itory in the nun^wr fur Kebiuary 1 art* stars of Twilight fair ; I.iko Twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; Jiut all things else about hc-r... | |
 | 1837 - 562 pages
...mingled with surprise that so lovely and graceful a creature should be born in so humble a situation. " Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's...dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-layI saw her, upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free,... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...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...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 waylay.... | |
 | 1837 - 418 pages
...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 upon my sight ; A...ornament. Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilights, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May time and the cheerful... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1859 - 672 pages
...not, however, disenchant my fancy of the earlier picture — of a gracious youthful presence, with eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's, too,...about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn. Heaven forbid that I should ever lose the habit I have, when looking into the face of aged womanhood,... | |
 | Fashion - 456 pages
...enchantrtu of his life. To Eugene she was indeed " A phantom of delight, When first she came upon his sight — A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Of twilight, too. her glossy hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the purest... | |
 | Scotland - 1839 - 892 pages
...have no right to give it the name of a song. " She was a phantom of delight When first the gleam'd upon my sight ; A lovely apparition, sent To be a...May-time and the cheerful dawn : A dancing shape, an im:ige gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. " I saw her on a nearer vinw, A Spirit yet a Woman tool... | |
 | 1839 - 538 pages
...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 upon my sight ; A lovely...dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time's brightest, loveliest dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.... | |
 | 1839 - 880 pages
...she gleam'd upon my tight ; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stare of twilight fair : Like twilight's, too, her dusky...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... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - American periodicals - 1839 - 540 pages
...female loveliness. Such is the idea of this picture: NO. vir. — vOL. iv. 8 " She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely...as stars of Twilight fair ; Like Twilight's, too, ht-r dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time's brightest, loveliest dawn ; A... | |
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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... 
