 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...  Folk Songs - Page 308edited by - 1861 - 466 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...shall be knit again ; Alone shall evil die, And sorrow dwell2 a prisoner in thy reign. Bryant. WOMAN.3 She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed...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.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...Apocalypse, The types and symbols of Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without end. 1799. SHE waa a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my...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.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...choristers confide. SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. SRE was a phantom of delight. When first she gleam'd upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...last, and midst, and without end. I799. SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my 1 A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament...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.... | |
 | 1875 - 828 pages
...BRIEF ACCOUNT OF LIZZIE, THE LATE BELOVED WIFE OF THOMAS JOHNSON HAMEETON. CHAPTER I. — THE MAIDEN. " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament" " Voices low and gentle, and timid glances shy." " The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...you 're waking, call me, call me early, mother dear. SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. — Wordsworth. SHE was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed...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... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...faith they wear, At least may share his cross. SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. KY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. She was a Phantom of Delight When first she gleamed...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.... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...they wear, At least may share his cross. SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. She wai a Phantom of Delight When first she gleamed upon my...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.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...choristers confide. SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. SRE was a phantom of delight. When first she gleam'd upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's...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... | |
 | Wilton - 1846 - 298 pages
...'tis changeable ! God grant that it may vary in its kind, But not a jot of its intensity! PORTRAITS. " She was a Phantom of delight, " When first she gleamed...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,... | |
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