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" 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 9
by Robert Southey - 1812
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Red-letter Poems by English Men and Women

Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pages
...fro. But when that form of beauty meets his spun ! " From his forgetful hold the plane-branch drops, Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To...Entranced he listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strung temples, bathed with sudden dews. Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. Lo! as the voice...
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Selected Poems of Robert Southey

Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 pages
...fro. But when that form of beauty meets his sight, The trnnk its undulating motion stops, From his forgetful hold the plane-branch drop-, Reverent he...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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Selected Poems of Robert Southey

Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 pages
...meets his sight, The trunk its undulating motion stops, From his forgetful hold the plane-branch drops, Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To...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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The English Poets, Volume 4

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 pages
...meets his sight, The trunk its undulating motion stops, From his forgetful hold the plane-branch drops, Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To...prayer ; And when she pours her angel voice in song F.ntranced he listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their...
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The English Poets, Volume 4

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1894 - 862 pages
...meets his sight, The trunk its undulating motion stops, From his forgetful hold the plane-branch drops, Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To...prayer ; And when she pours her angel voice in song F.ntranced he listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their...
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The Poets and the Poetry of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 2

1905 - 622 pages
...meets his sight, The trunk its undulating motion stops. From his forgetful hold the plane-branch drops, Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. (XII.) Lo ! as the voice melodious...
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English Poetry (1170-1892).

John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 pages
...sight, * The trunk its undulating motion stops, 169 From his forgetful hold the plane-branch drops, Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To...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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Poems of Robert Southey: Containing Thalaba, The Curse of Kehama, Roderick ...

Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...sight, The trunk its undulating motion stops, From his forgetful hold the plane- branch drops, 170 Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To...prayer ; And when she pours her angel voice in song, [notes, Entranced he listens to the thrilling Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their...
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Punch and Judy: & Other Essays

Maurice Baring - 1924 - 392 pages
...such verse and a line, say, of a wellknown poet of the second order, say Southey, for instance : " And when she pours her angel voice in song, Entranced he listens to the thrilling notes," and I feel confident that a foreigner would not see any greater difference between the two samples...
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The Poetical Works

Robert Southey - 720 pages
...meets his sight, The trunk its undulating motion stops, From his forgetful hold the plane-branch drops, Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bat'hed with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. Lo ! as the voice melodious...
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