 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1847 - 556 pages
...prest. And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seern'da splendid angel, newly drest. Save wings, for heaven...knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint XXVI. Anon his heart revives: her vespers done. Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees; Unclasps... | |
 | John Keats - 1847 - 280 pages
...a glory, like a saint: She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven:—Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. acxvi. Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 pages
...amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, fur heaven. Porphyro grew faint ; She knelt, so pure a...Anon his heart revives ; her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ¡ Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 886 pages
...splendid angel, newly drest, Sare wings, for heaven:—Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a Lhlng, so free from mortal taint. Anon his heart revives: her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Folklore - 1850 - 300 pages
...a glory like a saint. She seemed a splendid angel newly drest, Save wings, for Heaven — Forphyro grew faint ! She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint !" JOHN KEATS. iBIN listened to the departing footsteps of • K the men-at-arms until they died away,... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1851 - 398 pages
...together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint : She seemed a splendid angel newly drest, Save wings, for heaven...knelt so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint." We have here a specimen of descriptive power luxuriously rich and original ; but the following lines,... | |
 | Bombay (India : State). Board of Education - Education - 1851 - 768 pages
...together prest, And on her silver cross, soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint : She seemed a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings for heaven...knelt so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint." Paraphrase the whole passage, and give the exact meaning C of the words in Italics. Point out the grammatical... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...saint ; She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint — n She knelt so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint...Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmld jewels one by one ;1» Loosens her fragrant... | |
 | 1852 - 528 pages
...together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint : She seems a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven...Anon, his heart revives : her vespers done ; Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; TJnclusps her warmed jewels, one by one ; Loosens her fragrant... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 680 pages
...together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint: She seemed a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven...knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint.' In an imperfect poem entitled Hyperion, which appeared in this volume, and related to the dethronement... | |
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Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest... 
