 St Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold : Numb were the Beadsman's fingers, while he told His rosary, and while...  Time's Telescope - Page 531830Full view - About this book
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...is a fair specimen of the sweetness and force of the composition. " St. Agnes Eve ! Ah, bitter cold it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was acold ; The hare limp'd trembling through ihe frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold ! Numb were the bedesman's fingers, while... | |
 | George Anderson (of Glasgow.) - 1852 - 106 pages
...ineffectual ray, over the snow-covered ground, whose crisp and frozen surface creaks under foot ; " Ah ! bitter chill it was. " The owl, for all his feathers, was a cold ; " The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, " And silent was the flock in woolly... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1853 - 548 pages
...St. ST. AGNES' EVE — Ah, bitler chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; Thehare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold : Numb were the Beadsman's lingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted hrcath, Like pious... | |
 | John Keats - English poetry - 1856 - 70 pages
...for thce 30 EN.OKAYED BY HORACE HARKAL, THOMAS BOI.TOX, AND JAMES COO1'Eii. THE EVE OF ST. AGNES. i. ST. AGNES' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl,...frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold : Numb were the Beadsman's fingers while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...there be Neglected there, maida, trust to me, So many goblins you shall see. HERRICK. ST. AGNES' EVE. St. Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl,...a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grasa, And silent was the flock in woolly fold : Numb were the beadsman's fingers while he told His... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1856 - 794 pages
...force of the composition. "St. Agnes Eve ! Ah, bitter cold it was ! The owl, for all his feaihers, was acold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock m woolly fold ! Numb were the bedesman's fingers, while he told His rowiry ; and while his frosted... | |
 | Emma Jane WORBOISE - 1858 - 454 pages
...WILTON," ETC. BATH: BINNS AND GOODWIN; AND BOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLEBS. cr/. KINGSDOWN LODGE. CHAPTEB I. " Ah ! bitter chill it was ! The owl for all his feathers was arcold : The hare limped trembling through the- frozen grass, And silent was the Hod, in woody fold-!"... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...wlide rioem arises from an excess of emotion. THE EVE OF SAINT AGNES.1 St Agnes' Eve— Ah ! bilter chill it was : The owl, for all his feathers, was...frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold ; Numb were the beadsman's fingers while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 882 pages
...for further acquaintance with hit beauties : — The Eve of Si. Agxei. St. Agnes' Eve 1 Ah, titter chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was...a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grwi, And silent was the flock in woolly fold . The; told her how, upon St. Agnes' Ere, Young virgins... | |
 | Henry Coppée - English language - 1859 - 380 pages
...beautiful and minute are the delineations of Keats, in the opening lines of " The Eve of St. Agnes!" " St. Agnes' Eve — Ah ! bitter chill it was ; The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold, The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold ; Numb were the... | |
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