 I saw him stand Before an Altar— with a gentle bride; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The Starlight of his Boyhood;— as he stood Even at the Altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique...  The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 243by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...deem himself beloved, Nor could he be a part of that which prey'd Upon her mind — a spectre of the past. VI. A change came o'er the spirit of my dream....I saw him stand Before an Altar — with a gentle bride ; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The Starlight of his Boyhood ; — as he stood... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 pages
...January, 1815, was married. " 1 saw him stand Before an altar with a gentle bride ; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The Starlight of his Boyhood ; — as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there cam* The self-same aspect, and the quivering chock That lu the antique Oratory shook His... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 pages
...January, 1815, was married. " I saw him itand Before an altar with a gentle bride ; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The Starlight of his Boyhood ; — as he stood . Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique Oratory shook His... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...beloved ; Nor could he be a part of that which prey'd Upon her mind, — a spectre of the past. A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The wanderer was...return'd. I saw him stand Before an altar, with a gentle bride : Her face was fair, — but was not that which made The starlight of his boyhood ! as he stood... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...wanderer was rcturn'd. I saw him stand Before an altar, with a gentle bride : Her face was fair, — but was not that which made The starlight of his boyhood ! as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame aspect and the quivering shock That in the antique oratory shook His bosom... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1846 - 332 pages
...which prc-y'd Upon her mind, — a spectre of the past. A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. Tin- wanderer was return'd. I saw him stand Before an altar, with a gentle bride : Her face was fair, — but was not that which made The starlight of his boyhood ! as he stood... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...was returned. — I saw him stand Before an Altar — with a gentle bride ; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The Starlight of his Boyhood ; — as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique Oratory shook His... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 390 pages
...wanderer was returned.—I saw him stand . Before an altar—with a gentle bride ; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The star-light of his boyhood ;—as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique oratory shook His... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 394 pages
...wanderer was returned.—I saw him stand Before an altar—with a gentle bride; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The star-light of his boyhood ;—as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique oratory shook His... | |
 | Maria Priscilla Smith - 1851 - 152 pages
...heaven ! CHAPTER XII. -I SAW him stand Before an altar — with a gentle bride, Her face was fair, but was not that which made The starlight of his boyhood ; as he stood, Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique oratory shook His... | |
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