 ST. AGNES' Eve! — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold...  The Living Age - Page 4271892Full view - About this book
 | Henry Coppée - 1866 - 396 pages
...St. Agnes!" " St. Agnes' Eve—Ah! bitter chill it was; The owl, for all his feathers, was a-oold, The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold ; Numb were the beadsman's fingers while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...AGNES.1 I. . AGNES' Eve — Ah ! bitter chill it was : The owl, for all his feathers, was a-co!d ; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold ; Numb were the beadsman's fingers while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious... | |
 | 1866 - 978 pages
...flood. Sl'ENSEK. " Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl, for his feathers, was a-cold. The hare limned trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold." — KEATS. '•There's not a flower on all the hills, the frost is on the pane." — TJCNXYSOX. WE... | |
 | Margaret T. Downing - 1867 - 394 pages
...St. Agnes' Eve—ah, bittar chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers was a-cold; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold ; Numb were the beadsman's fingers while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious... | |
 | Elizabeth Tuckett - 1867 - 490 pages
...BROWNING. 1 Ah 1 bitter chill it was ; The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold.' KEATS. SKETCHES FROM PONTRESINA. A HEAVY storm of wind and rain and snow had kept -*••*' us prisoners... | |
 | Elizabeth Tuckett - 1867 - 482 pages
...BROWXINQ. * Ah ! bitter chill it was ; The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare- llmpM trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold.' KEATS. SKETCHES FROM PONTRESINA. A HEAVY storm of wind and rain and snow had kept -^*- us prisoners... | |
 | 1928 - 480 pages
...Agnes' Eve — ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold: Numb were the Beadsman's fingers while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
..." St. Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hair limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold : Numb were the Beadsmans' fingers, while he to' .'. ILLUSTRATIONS. TKEMOB. 107 His rosary, and while... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...AGNES' EVE— Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold : ( , Numb were the Beadsman's fingers while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...followed him. ALFKEO TENNYSON. THE EVE OF ST. AGNES. I. ST. ACXES' EVE, — ah, bitter chill it was 2 : Numb were the headman's fingers while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious... | |
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