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Andreas answer arms BATHO BATHORY BETH Bethlen brave CASIM Casimir cavern child Christabel comes command curse dare dear doth dream EMER Emerick Enter Exit eyes face fair faith father fear feet Geraldine Glycine guard hand haste hath head hear heard heart Heaven hence hope hour Hush king KIUP Kiuprili kneel lady LASK Laska leave light live look Lord Lord Casimir madam maid means mother mountains noble o'er once palace pass Pointing poor pray Queen Raab RAGOZ Ragozzi rest retire rose round royal SAROL seems servants Sir Leoline soul sound speak spirit stand starts strange sure sweet sword tale tears tell thee thine Thou art thought traitor trust Twas tyrant voice wood young youth ZAPO ZAPOLYA
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Page 61 - The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves. It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
Page 60 - Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail : And mid these dancing rocks at once and ever It flung up momently the sacred river.
Page 15 - So free from danger, free from fear, They cross'd the court : right glad they were. And Christabel devoutly cried To the lady by her side ; ' Praise we the Virgin all divine Who hath rescued thee from thy distress!' 'Alas, alas!' said Geraldine, ' I cannot speak for weariness.
Page 9 - Tis a month before the month of May, And the Spring comes slowly up this way. The lovely lady, Christabel, Whom her father loves so well, What makes her in the wood so late, A furlong from the castle gate? She had dreams all yesternight Of her own betrothed knight; And she in the midnight wood will pray For the weal of her lover that's far away.
Page 23 - In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel! Thou knowest to-night, and wilt know to-morrow; This mark of my shame, this seal of my sorrow; But...
Page 11 - On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky. Hush, beating heart of Christabel ! Jesu, Maria, shield her well ! She folded her arms beneath her cloak, And stole to the other side of the oak.
Page 11 - Her blue-veined feet unsandal'd were, And wildly glittered here and there The gems entangled in her hair. I guess, 'twas frightful there to see A lady so richly clad as she — Beautiful exceedingly! Mary mother, save me now! (Said Christabel,) And who art thou?
Page 25 - Amid the jagged shadows Of mossy leafless boughs, Kneeling in the moonlight, To make her gentle vows ; Her slender palms together prest, Heaving sometimes on her breast ; Her face resigned to bliss or bale—- Her face, oh call it fair not pale, And both blue eyes more bright than clear, Each about to have a tear.
Page 17 - And nothing else saw she thereby, Save the boss of the shield of Sir Leoline tall, Which hung in a murky old niche in the wall. O softly tread, said Christabel, My father seldom sleepeth well.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Christabel: Kubla Khan : a Vision ; The Pains of Sleep Christabel; Kubla Khan, a vision; The pains of sleep, Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1816 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 10 Apr 2006 |
| Length | 64 pages |
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