The Winter WreathNathaniel Parker Willis Leavitt and Allen, 1853 - 224페이지 Verse and prose contributions, mainly by American authors. |
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... listened to her breathing , if it chanced To wake into a slumberous tenderness ; Which when he heard , that minute did he bless , And breathed himself ; then from the closet crept , Noiseless as fear in a wild wilderness , And over the ...
... listened to her breathing , if it chanced To wake into a slumberous tenderness ; Which when he heard , that minute did he bless , And breathed himself ; then from the closet crept , Noiseless as fear in a wild wilderness , And over the ...
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... listened to the conversation of the young ladies . Miss Hampson had come to pass the morning with her friend , and she took off her bonnet , and showered down upon her dazzling neck a profusion of the most adorable brown ringlets ...
... listened to the conversation of the young ladies . Miss Hampson had come to pass the morning with her friend , and she took off her bonnet , and showered down upon her dazzling neck a profusion of the most adorable brown ringlets ...
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... listened to her , with a broad honest smile of admiration on his weather - browned coun- tenance . The oxen were turned up to the fence , while the dew dried off the hay , and Eph . and his father turned to mowing , leaving Miss Hampson ...
... listened to her , with a broad honest smile of admiration on his weather - browned coun- tenance . The oxen were turned up to the fence , while the dew dried off the hay , and Eph . and his father turned to mowing , leaving Miss Hampson ...
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... listened intently to each speaker in succes- sion , and had so far lost the affectation of indifference , as to be crushing in his hand the pieces of china on which he had ex- pended so much labor in endeavoring to mend it ; when ...
... listened intently to each speaker in succes- sion , and had so far lost the affectation of indifference , as to be crushing in his hand the pieces of china on which he had ex- pended so much labor in endeavoring to mend it ; when ...
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Nathaniel Parker Willis. had I followed the advice of my companion , or listened to my own better judgment , we should have taken some conveyance on the road when we found our walk becoming too long for our strength ; but experience ...
Nathaniel Parker Willis. had I followed the advice of my companion , or listened to my own better judgment , we should have taken some conveyance on the road when we found our walk becoming too long for our strength ; but experience ...
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40 페이지 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
32 페이지 - Ah, happy chance! the aged creature came, Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand, To where he stood, hid from the torch's flame, Behind a broad hall-pillar, far beyond The sound of merriment and chorus bland...
29 페이지 - The silver, snarling trumpets 'gan to chide: The level chambers, ready with their pride, Were glowing to receive a thousand guests: The carved angels, ever eager-eyed, Stared where upon their heads the cornice rests, With hair blown back, and wings put cross-wise on their breasts.
31 페이지 - Buttress'd from moonlight, stands he, and implores All saints to give him sight of Madeline, But for one moment in the tedious hours, That he might gaze and worship all unseen; Perchance speak, kneel, touch, kiss — in sooth such things have been.
30 페이지 - Of old romance. These let us wish away, And turn, sole-thoughted, to one Lady there, Whose heart had brooded, all that wintry day, On love, and winged St. Agnes' saintly care, As she had heard old dames full many times declare. They told her how, upon St. Agnes...
36 페이지 - For I am slow and feeble, and scarce dare On such a catering trust my dizzy head. Wait here, my child, with patience kneel in prayer The while : Ah ! thou must needs the lady wed, Or may I never leave my grave among the dead.
167 페이지 - That pavement, damp and cold, no smiling courtiers tread ; one silent woman stands, lifting with meagre hands, a dying head. No mingling voices sound — an infant wail alone; a sob suppressed — again that short deep gasp, and then the parting groan ! Oh ! change — oh, wondrous change ! burst are the prison bars ! This moment there, so low, so agonized ; — and now, beyond the stars ! Oh ! change — stupendous change ! There lies the soulless clod : — the sun eternal breaks — the new immortal...
38 페이지 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
36 페이지 - Which was, to lead him, in close secrecy, Even to Madeline's chamber, and there hide Him in a closet, of such privacy...
43 페이지 - And now, my love, my seraph fair, awake! Thou art my heaven, and I thine eremite: Open thine eyes, for meek St. Agnes' sake, Or I shall drowse beside thee, so my soul doth ache.