 Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.  Poems, in Two Volumes, - Page 14by William Wordsworth - 1807 - 170 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Harriet Mary Browne Owen - 1839 - 312 pages
...When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. * * * * * A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being should excite the warmest admiration, was not surprising. Perhaps it was not more... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1840 - 370 pages
...May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. 1799I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin-liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not top... | |
 | Harriet Mary Browne - 1840 - 302 pages
...When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. * * * * * A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being should excite the warmest admiration, was not surprising. Perhaps it was not more... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - 1840 - 322 pages
...human kindness bred, And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays." A maiden. " A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle and way-lay." Childhood. " Her eyee were fair and very fair, Her beauty made me glad." Early Infancy. " On thy face... | |
 | Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1840 - 442 pages
...sight, a woman, — * and at third, an angel ! — A lovely apparition sent To be a moment's ornament ; A dancing shape, an image gay To haunt, to startle and waylay ! Long light tresses escaped from a black velvet cap, lay upon the green vest and skirting, in which... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 392 pages
...delight, When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. ***** A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being should excite the warmest admiration, was not surprising. Perhaps it was not more... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1840 - 378 pages
...delight, When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. ***** A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being should excite the warmest admiration, was not surprising. Perhaps it was not more... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 368 pages
...When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. * * * * * A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being should excite the warmest admiration, was not surprising. Perhaps it was not more... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 740 pages
...them, we may say v the philosophical poet ; " 1 saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman loo ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food. * • « » A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfor1.... | |
 | 1841 - 686 pages
...delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament I saw her, upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin-liberty A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit... | |
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