The floating clouds 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... Songs of Nature - Page 123edited by - 1901 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...mould her form By silent sympathy. " The stars of midnight shall be dear To her, and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance...Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here iu this happy delk" Thus Nature spake—The work was doneHow soon my Lucy's race was run! She died... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1805 - 262 pages
...Maiden's form By silent sympathy. " The Stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where Rivulets dance their wayward roundA And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face. " And vital feelings of delight... | |
| William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...the maiden's form By silent sympathy. The stars of midnight shall he dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance...born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face." Yet, for all this, Miranda not a whit the less touches us as a creature of flesh and blood, " A being... | |
| 1815 - 612 pages
...them, if not in the Lyrical Ballads? " The stars of midnight shall be dear To her, and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place. Where rivulets dance...born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face." * * * * Thus Nature spake ; the work was done ; How soon my Lucy's race was run ! She died, and left... | |
| English literature - 1815 - 606 pages
...not in the Lyrical Ballads? " The stars of 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 tound Shall pass into her face" » * * » Thus Nature spake ; the work was done; • . How soon my... | |
| 664 pages
...breathing from her face," while he has overlooked the One lines of Wordsworth, " And she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty horn of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face." by which the idea was probably suggested to his... | |
| Sir Charles Abraham Elton - 1820 - 136 pages
...grow enamour'd of the gliding moon. "The stars of midnight shall be dear To her, and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance...born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face." — Thus Nature spoke : the work was done : — How soon my Lucy's race was run ! She died, and left... | |
| 1822 - 666 pages
...the fine line* of Wordsworth, 635 " Andjehe shall lean her ear In many a secret plaoe. Where riv'lets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face." I have indulged in this latitude of quotation, Sir, because I wish to do all possible justice to this... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 478 pages
...the maiden's form By silent sympathy. The stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance...born of murmuring sound, Shall pass into her face. ' Tintern Abbey' is a variety of the same class. If we were called on to point out our favorite piece... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...the Maiden's form ny silent sympathy. The Stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean poise, pans into her face. And vital feelings of delight Shall rear her form to stately height, Her virgin-bosom... | |
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