 He found a Woman in the cave, A solitary Woman, Who by the fire was spinning, And singing as she spun. The pine boughs were cheerfully blazing, And her face was bright with the flame ; Her face was as a Damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey. She bade...  Thalaba the Destroyer - Page 86by Robert Southey - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 332 pages
...Who by the fire was spinning. Her face was as a Damsel's face, And yet her hair was gray. She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning,...the gossamer; The song she sung was low and sweet, But Thalaba knew not the words. He laid his bow before the hearth, For the string was frozen stiff;... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 pages
...face was bright with the flame ; Her face was as a Damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey. She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning,...the gossamer ; The song she sung was low and sweet, But Thalaba knew not the words. He laid his bow before the hearth, For the string was frozen stiff;... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1888 - 698 pages
...bright with the flame ; Her face was as a Damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey. She bade him weleome with a smile, And still continued spinning, And singing as she spun. . . . The thread she spun it gleam'd like gold In the light of the odorous fire, Yet was it so wonderously thin, That,... | |
 | 1861 - 316 pages
...face was bright with the name : Her face was as a damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey : She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning...finer than the silkworm's, Was finer than the gossamer !" — A VILLAGE GRAVE. But let the reader turn to " Thalaba, that wild and wondrous song," for the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1895 - 264 pages
...face was bright with the flame ; Her face was as a Damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey. She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning,...the gossamer ; The song she sung was low and sweet, But Thalaba knew not the words. He laid his bow before the hearth, For the string was frozen stiff... | |
 | David Watson Rannie - 1907 - 422 pages
...face was bright with the flame ; Her face was as a Damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey. She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning, And singing as she spun. The thread she spun it gleam'd like gold In the light of the odorous fire, Yet was it so wondrously thin, That,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...bright with the flame ; Her face was as a Damsel's face. 82 83 And yet her hair was grey. She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning,...finer than the silkworm's, Was finer than the gossamer ; 310 The song she sung was low and sweet, But Thalaba knew not the words. 24 He laid his bow before... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...face was bright with the flame ; Her face was as a Damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey. She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning,...thread the woman drew Was finer than the silkworm's, Waa finer than the gossamer ; 310 The song she sung was low and sweet, But Thalaba knew not the words.... | |
 | Marilyn Butler - 1988 - 28 pages
...face was bright with the flame; Her face was as a Damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey. She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning,...gossamer; The song she sung was low and sweet, And Thalaba knew not the words ... The youth sate watching it [the thread] And she beheld his wonder. And... | |
 | 1862 - 312 pages
...face was bright with the flame : Her face was as a damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey : She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning...finer than the silkworm's, Was finer than the gossamer !"— But let the reader turn to " Thalaba, that wild and wondrous song," for the context. But here,... | |
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