 Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour; Now, frowning, smiling, for the hundredth time, The nurse, that ancient lady, preached decorum; And, in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart...  The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror - Page 261825Full view - About this book
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...looks there in her bridal dreM, She was all gentleness, all gaiety, Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy ; but at the nuptial feast, When all sat down, the bride herself was wanting, Nor was she to be found ! Her father... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 pages
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gayety, Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...the hundredth time, The nurse, that ancient lady, preach'd decorum; And, in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to Francesco.... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...there, in her bridal dress, She was ;• — all gentleness, all gaiety, Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...the hundredth time, The nurse, that ancient lady, preach'd decorum ; And in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to Francesco.... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 266 pages
...societe had alloyed the ingenuous simplicity, or diminished the buoyant enthusiasm of her noble nature, - in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, -with her heart in it, to" — one of her numerous admirers, Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, a son of the Hon. John Custis of Arlington.... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 276 pages
...societe had alloyed the ingenuous simplicity, or diminished the buoyant enthusiasm of her noble nature, " in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to" — s one of her numerous admirers, Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, a son of the Hon. John Custis of Arlington.... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pages
...she grew, for ever in his sight. She was all gentleness, all gaiety, Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour; And in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to Francesco. Great was the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 pages
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gaiety. Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day....in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy ; but at the nuptial feast, When all sate down, the bride herself was wanting. Nor was she to be found ! Her father... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gaiety. Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy; but at the nuptial feast, When all sate down, the bride herself was wanting. Nor was she to be found! Her father... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - 1851 - 398 pages
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gaiety, Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy ; but at the nuptial feast, When all sate down, the bride herself was wanting. Nor was she to be found ! Her father... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gaiety. Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart'in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy ; but at the nuptial feast, When all sate down, the bride... | |
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