 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 498 pages
...together prest, And on her silver cross fair amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seemed 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 ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant... | |
 | Oliver Bell Bunce - Women in literature - 1883 - 332 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...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... | |
 | John Dennis - Poets, English - 1883 - 424 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...Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all her wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1883 - 734 pages
...together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven...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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 pages
...together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven...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... | |
 | E.H. Butler & Co - Readers - 1853 - 396 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. DEFINITIONS. — 1. Beadg'man, a man employed in praying, generally for another. Ro'§a ry, a series... | |
 | Harold Bloom - Literary Criticism - 1971 - 516 pages
...together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint: She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven:...knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. The moon of winter shines on the flowry casement (described in the previous stanza) and on Madeline's... | |
 | Walter Jackson Bate - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 784 pages
...her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory . . . . . . Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. Now and in the next few stanzas Porphyro is feeling that he is in something very like a "paradise."... | |
 | R. P. Hewett - English Poetry - 1985 - 322 pages
...cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint: She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, 25 Save wings, for heaven: — Porphyro grew faint: She...knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. . . . (iii) XL She hurried at his words, beset with fears, For there were sleeping dragons all around,... | |
 | John Barnard - Literary Collections - 1987 - 192 pages
...Madeline's beauty. And on her hair a glory, like a saint: She seemed a splendid angel, newly dressed, Save wings, for Heaven - Porphyro grew faint; She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. (lines 222-5) The description of the sumptuous feast of fruit Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and... | |
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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... 
