 His languid limbs. A vision on his sleep There came, a dream of hopes that never yet Had flushed his cheek. He dreamed a veiled maid Sate near him, talking in low solemn tones. Her voice was like the voice of his own soul Heard in the calm of thought...  Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Page 274by Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1824 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Spenser, George Gilfillan - 1859 - 332 pages
...exquisitely musical and imaginative " Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude," where the hero dreams that " A veiled maid Sate near him, talking in low solemn tones : Her voice was as the voice of his own soul, Heard in the calm of thought ; " — and when, as he beholds, " Her outspread... | |
 | Edmund Spenser, George Gilfillan - 1859 - 336 pages
...the hero dreams that " A veiled maid Sate near him, talking in low solemn tones : Her voice was as the voice of his own soul, Heard in the calm of thought ; " — and when, as he beholds, " Her outspread arms now bare, Her dark locks floating in the breath... | |
 | Herbert Grey - 1860 - 346 pages
...sickness, a sadder if not a wiser man. In the still watches of the night he has doubtless listened to " the voice of his own soul heard in the calm of thought." May the echoes of that voice linger long through his after-life ! He has also, let us hope, in that... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...the spirit of solitude :— He dream 'da veiled maid Sat near him talking in low solemn tones; H«r voice was like the voice of his own soul Heard in the calm of thought. Such love is the highest instinct in man ; it can impart the greatest happiness of which human nature,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1865 - 854 pages
...rocks a natural bower, Beside a sparkling rivulet he stretched His languid limbs. A vision on his sleep There came, a dream of hopes that never yet Had flushed his cheek. He dreamed a veiled maid Sat near him, talking in low solemn tones. Her voice was like the voice of his own soul Heard in the... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1865 - 834 pages
...rocks a natural bower, Beside a sparkling rivulet he stretched His languid limbs. A vision on his sleep There came, a dream of hopes that never yet Had flushed his cheek. He dreamed a veiled maid Sat near him, talking in low solemn tones. Her voice was like the voice of his own soul Heard in the... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1866 - 498 pages
...rocks a natural bower, Beside a sparkling rivulet he stretched His languid limbs. A vision on his sleep There came, a dream of hopes that never yet Had flushed his cheek. He dreamed a veiled maid Sat near him, talking in low solemn tones. Her voice was like the voice of his own soul Heard in the... | |
 | 1866 - 496 pages
...rocks a natural bower, Beside a sparkling rivulet he stretched His languid limbs. A vision on his sleep There came, a dream of hopes that never yet Had flushed his cheek. He dreamed a veiled Sat near him, talking in low solemn tones. Her voice was like the voice of his own soul Heard in the... | |
 | Oswald Boyle - 1867 - 326 pages
...conscience had suddenly got an articulate voice and was addressing him aloud through her. " Her voice was as the voice of his own soul, heard in the calm of thought." These words of Shelley rushed upon him, and all that he could find to say was sim" Go on." " I have... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (bart.), F. H. Doyle - English poetry - 1869 - 142 pages
...southern population. 'Gerontius' is, we may perhaps say for Dr. -Newman in the words of Shelley,— ' The voice of his own soul Heard in the calm of thought,' whilst the conceptions of the Spanish dramatist burst into life with tumultuous music, gorgeous scenery,... | |
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