 | English poetry - 1863 - 392 pages
...sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled. XXVIL Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest, In sort of wakeful swoon, perplex' d she lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppress'd Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued... | |
 | Frederick Hinde - 1864 - 150 pages
...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. "...soul fatigued away ; Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day ; Blessfully haven'd both from joy and pain ; , Clasp'd like a missal where swart Paynims... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1864 - 298 pages
...to a " mermaid in sea-weed " ! But the next stanza is perhaps the most exquisite in the poem : — Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest, In sort of wakeful swoon, perplexed she lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppressed Her soothed limbs, and soul, fatigued... | |
 | Women - 1865 - 380 pages
...reputations she has torn, And holds them dangling at arm's length in scorn. Cowper. When wrapped in Slumber. Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest, In sort...soul fatigued away, Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day ; Blissfully haven'd both from joy and pain ; Clasp'd like a missal where swart Paynims... | |
 | Henry Southgate - Fore-edge painting - 1865 - 398 pages
...reputations she has torn, And holds them dangling at ami's length in scorn. Cowper. When wrapped in Slumber. Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest, In sort of wakeful swoon, perplex'd she lay, UntO the poppied warmth of sleep oppress'd Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued away, Flown, like a... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...sees In fancy fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled. XXVII. Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest, In sort of wakeful swoon, perplexed she lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppressed Her smoothed limbs, and soul, fatigued... | |
 | Margaret T. Downing - English poetry - 1867 - 394 pages
...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. Soon,...soul fatigued away; Flown, like a thought until the morrow-day; Blissfully haven'd both from joy and pain; Clasp'd like a missal where swart Paynims pray;... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...on my cross, and look at him Until we kneel before Thy throne in heaven ! " ST. MAURA. — Kingsley. "Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest, In sort of wakeful swoon, perplexed she lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppressed Her smoothed limbs and soul fatigued... | |
 | John Keats, James Russell Lowell, Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton (baron).) - Poetry - 1871 - 342 pages
...sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled. XXVII. Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest, In sort...soul fatigued away ; Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day ; Blissfully haven'd both from joy and pain ; Clasp'd like a missal where swart Paynims... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled. XXVII. to the mountain, and powdered its crest, He climbed up the trees, and perplexed she lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppressed Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued... | |
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Half-hidden, like a mermaid in seaweed, 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. 
