From his forgetful hold the plane-branch drops, Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To her as if in prayer ; And when she pours her angel voice in song Entranced he listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden... The Curse of Kehama - Page 10by Robert Southey - 1811Full view - About this book
| 1810 - 522 pages
...trunk upturn'd, aloft he fling* The grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad-leav'd bough Of yondar plane, with waving motion slow, , Fanning the languid...dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. ' p. 136—9Redundant and overminme as these descriptions undoubtedly are, it is impossible not to... | |
| Enos Bronson - 1811 - 456 pages
...sight, The trunk its undulating motion stops, From his forgetful hold the planebranch drops, Keverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To her as if...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dev.'s, 392 Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse." p. 136—9. Redundant... | |
| 1812 - 470 pages
...beauty meets his sight, The trunk its undulating motion stops, From his forgetful hold the plantbranch drops, Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with suoVden dcM's, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse." p. 136—9. Redundant and... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...plane -brauch drops, Reverent he kneels , and lifls his rational eyes To her as if in prayer; j4nd when she pours her angel voice in song, Entranced...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples , bath't! with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and life ditjuse •*). Und pflichtmäfsig strömte... | |
| 1830 - 824 pages
...sight, The trunk its undulating motion stops, From his forgetful hold the plane branch drops, Keverend he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To her as if...dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse." Tills is poetry — and worth all that Mr. U. Montgomery ever wrote or ever »ill write. We thank him... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 1138 pages
...broad-leav'd bough Of yonder plane, with waving motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He moves it too and fro. But when that form of beauty meets his sight....melodious floats around, The antelope draws near, The tigress leaves her toothless cubs to hear, The snake comes gliding from the secret brake, Himself in... | |
| Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...he flings The grateful shower; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavey motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He moves it...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. 12. Lo ! as the voice melodious... | |
| Robert Southey - 1860 - 352 pages
...he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To her as if in prayer ; And, when she pours her angel-voice in song, Entranced he listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. 12. Lo ! as the voice melodious... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 650 pages
...he flings The grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavey motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He moves it...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. Lo ! as the voice melodious floats... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 648 pages
...he flinys The grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavey motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He moves it...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. Lo ! as the voice melodious floats... | |
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