| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 292 pages
...breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon : Rose-bloom fell on her hands together pre8t, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her...splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint — n She knelt so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. XXVI. Anon his... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings. 111 Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon: Base-bloom fell on her hands together prat, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings. i " Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon : Rose-bloomjfisll on her hands togetherprest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...with blood of queens and kings. 10 Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gales on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's...grace and boon: Rose-bloom fell on her hands together presf, And on her silver cross sofi amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a satnt ; She seem'da splendid... | |
| William Goodman - Great Britain - 1845 - 340 pages
...Heaven's grace, so beautifully expressed by the poet :"f " Rose bloom fell on her hands together press'd, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint." KEAT'S Eve of St. Agnes. Sorrowfully, but truly, may the learned Digby say, " Gothic * Rob Roy. t Gardiner.... | |
| John Keats - English poetry - 1846 - 340 pages
...twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings. xxv. Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint : She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. XXVI. Anon his heart... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings. Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven: — Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. Anon his heart revives... | |
| John Keats - 1846 - 348 pages
...twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings. xxv. Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint : She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. XXVI. Anon his heart... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English poetry - 1846 - 350 pages
...moonlight streaming through a stained glass-window, is acknowledged to be unrivalled : Full on the casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules...splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven. • What poet ever described a maiden unrobing in terms of such delicate yet graphic beauty as these... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 402 pages
...twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush' d with blood of queens and kings.1 Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint: She seemed a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint — " She knelt,... | |
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