...doleful look These words did say: 220 230 240 250 260 "In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel! Thou knowest...this seal of my sorrow ; But vainly thou warrest, 270 For this is alone in Thy power to declare, That in the dim forest Thou heard 'st a low moaning,...

...years before by Geraldine who said to her victim: " 'In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel! Thou knowest...this seal of my sorrow: But vainly thou warrest.' " As is well known, Coleridge never finished "Christabel." How could he? He never himself escaped from...

...knowest to-night, and wilt know to-morrow, This mark of my shame, this seal of my sorrow; (l) HC XLI But vainly thou warrest, For this is alone in Thy...in the dim forest Thou heard'st a low moaning, And found' st a bright lady, surpassingly fair; And didst bring her home with thee in love and in charity,...

...low voice and doleful look These words did say: ' In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel ! Thou...to-morrow, This mark of my shame, this seal of my sorrow; (i) BC xu But vainly thou warrest, For this is alone in Thy power to declare, That in the dim forest...

...low voice and doleful look These words did say: ' In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel ! Thou...to-morrow, This mark of my shame, this seal of my sorrow; (l) HC XLI But vainly thou warrest, For this is alone in Thy power to declare, That in the dim forest...

...low voice and doleful look These words did say: ' In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel ! Thou...to-morrow, This mark of my shame, this seal of my sorrow; 270 But vainly thou warrest, For this is alone in Thy power to declare, That in the dim forest Thou...

...low voice and doleful look These words did say: "In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel ! Thou...Thy power to declare, That in the dim forest Thou heardest a low moaning, And found'st a bright lady, surpassingly fair : And didst bring her home with...

...voice and doleful look 265 These words did say : ' In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel ! Thou...to-morrow, This mark of my shame, this seal of my sorrow ; 270 But vainly thou warrest, For this is alone in Thy power to declare, That in the dim forest Thou...

...of hue," Geraldine hypnotizes Christabel, saying: In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel! Thou knowest...to-morrow, This mark of my shame, this seal of my sorrow. (Coleridge, Poems 224-25) Polidori's account states only that "L[ord] Bfyron] repeated some verses...

...process of reflection, as do Christabel's "vain," unconscious endeavors to tell Geraldine's true story: But vainly thou warrest, For this is alone in Thy...moaning, And found'st a bright lady, surpassingly fair. . . . ("Christabel" 271-76) Of course, the precise nature of these tortuous reflections differs. Yet...