... their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see, Even in the motions of the Storm, Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy. " The stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her... The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly - Page 7edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place, Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring...together live Here in this happy dell! " Thus Nature spake—the work was done— How soon my Lucy's race was run ! She died, and left to me This heath,... | |
 | David H. Williams - American literature - 1842 - 384 pages
...midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place, Where rivulets dance their wayward round And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face." Keats speaks of "music yearning like a god in pain," and in the Eve of St. Agnes, alluding to the consoling... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, George Stillman Hilliard - English literature - 1842 - 364 pages
...midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place, Where rivulets dance their wayward round And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face." Keats speaks of "music yearning like a god in pain," and in the Eve of St. Agnes, alluding to the consoling... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - CHR 1842 - 1842 - 434 pages
...shall be dear To her; and she shalt lean her ear In many a secret ptace ; Where rivulets dance iheir wayward round , And beauty, born of murmuring sound, Shall pass into her face." — WOKDSWOBTH. These lines have occurred to me again and again, as I looked on the face of her to... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where Rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring...thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together hive Here in this happy dell." c 2 Thus Nature spake — the work was done— How soon my Lucy's race... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1874 - 648 pages
...lean her ear By many a secret place. Where rivulets dance their wavering round, . And Beauty, horn of murmuring sound, Shall pass into her face ; And...her form to stately height, Her virgin bosom swell. Or, secondly, that other brave little maiden of the moorland cottage, who is "ruddy, fleet, and strong,"... | |
 | 1882 - 844 pages
...ally itself to the finest beauty. She shall lean her ear In many a secret place, Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face. But the poet who is chief favorite with all the modern beauty-worshippers is Keats. In his earliest... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...many a secret place, Where rivuleti dance their wayward round j And beauty, horn of murmuring sound, Her virgin bosom swell; Such thoughts, to Lucy. I...Here, in this happy dell." Thus Nature spake. The work wa« done How soon my Lucy's race was run! She died,—and left to me This heath, this calm, and quiet... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...stanza beautifully exemplifles the last. 5 Silence, calm — See note 1, p. 89. Where rivulets1 dance their wayward round, And beauty, born of murmuring...feelings of delight Shall rear her form to stately height,5 Her virgin bosom swell ; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give, While she and I together live... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...midnight— shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear, In many a secret place, Where rivulets dance their wayward round ; And beauty, born of murmuring...sound, Shall pass into her face. And vital feelings of delightShall rear her form— to stately height, Her virgin bosom swell; Such thoughts, to Lucy, I... | |
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