 When the angels speak. A ring of amethyst I could not wear here plainer to my sight, Than that first kiss. The second passed in height The first, and sought the forehead, and half missed, Half falling on the hair. O beyond meed ! That was the chrism of...  Poems - Page 465by Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Julia Ward Howe - 1895 - 230 pages
...Does intercourse with great society make us more or less polite ? Elizabeth Browning says : — First time he kissed me he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write, Which ever thence did grow more clean and white, Slow to world greetings, quick with its " Oh, list,"... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...BOYESEN — Thy Gracious Face I Greet with Glad Surprise. First time he kiss'd me, he but only kiss'd devotion to God1 Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, ga t. EB BROWNING — Sunned from the Portuguese. Sonnet XXXVIII. 334 KISSES. KISSES. I was betrothed... | |
 | Daniel B. Shepp - 1897 - 542 pages
...our secret ! go to sleep ; You will wake, and remember, and understand, BROWNING. THREE KISSES. IRST time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers...ever since it grew more clean and white, — Slow to world-greetings—quick with its "O, list," When the angels speak. A ring of amethyst I could not wear... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1900 - 584 pages
...Should set a sculptured porpoise, gills a-snort And vibrant tail, within the temple-gate. XXXVIII FIRST time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers...angels speak. A ring of amethyst I could not wear here,plamer to my sieht, Thau that first kiss. The second passed in height The first, and sought the... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1900 - 580 pages
...Should set a sculptured porpoise, gills a-snort And vibrant tail, within the temple-gate. XXXVIII FIRST time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; lAnd ever since, it grew more clean and / white, Slow to world-greetings, quick with its ' Oh, list,'... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...heart wide, And fold within the wet wings of thy dove. FIRST time he kiss'd me, he but only kiss'd thought Comes to me o'er and o'er ; I'm nearer my...; And every day FIRESIDE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF POETRY. pass'd in height The first, and sought the forehead, and half miss'd, Half falling on the hair. Oh,... | |
 | 1904 - 542 pages
...me — wilt thon? Open thine heart wide. And fold within the wet wings of thy dove. NNXVIII. FIRST time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers...and white. Slow to world-greetings, quick with its " O list!" When the angels speak. A ring of amethyst I could not wear here, plainer to my sight Than... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1905 - 628 pages
...near sweet view of heaven, for earth with thee! XXXVIII FIRST time he kiss'd me, he but only kiss'd The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And ever...plainer to my sight, Than that first kiss. The second pass'd in height The first, and sought the forehead, and half miss'd, Half falling on the hair. O beyond... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1906 - 548 pages
...thee, my bonnie Mary. ROBERT BURNS. THREE KISSES FIRST time he kiss'd me, he but only kiss'd The finger of this hand wherewith I write ; And ever since it...and white, Slow to world-greetings, quick with its " O, list," When the angels speak. A ring of amethyst I could not wear here, plainer to my sight Than... | |
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