 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 pages
...couched her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel— Jesu Maria, shield her well! song, A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's...dread, At Christabel she looked askance ! — One moment—and the sight was fled! But Christabel, in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady ground,... | |
 | William Sloane Kennedy - 1883 - 374 pages
...lovely Lady Geraldine exercises over the fair Christabel a fascination like that of a serpent: — " A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's...and more of dread, At Christabel she looked askance !" The Lamiae of antiquity were fabulous monsters with the head and breast of a woman and the body... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 pages
...'A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they shrank in her head, Each shrank up to a serpent's eye; And with somewhat of malice and more of dread At Christabel she look'd askance. . . . The maid, devoid of guile and sin, I know not how, in fearful wise, So deeply... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1884 - 310 pages
...And couched her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel Jesu Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's...! — One moment — and the sight was fled ! But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady ground Shuddered aloud, with a hissing sound ;... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Joseph Skipsey - 1884 - 304 pages
...And couched her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel Jesu Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's...askance ! — One moment— and the sight was fled ! But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady ground Shuddered aloud, with a hissing sound ;... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1884 - 310 pages
...well! A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each shrank up to a serpent's eye, And with somewhat of malice,...of dread, At Christabel she looked askance!— One moment—and the sight was fled ! But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady ground Shuddered... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1884 - 312 pages
...And crouched her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well! A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each shrank up to a serpent's eye, And with somewhat of malice, and more of dread, At Christabel she looked... | |
 | Julie P. Smith - 1885 - 540 pages
...curls ; the melodious tone of her voice jarred on her sense. "A snake's small eye blinks dull and sly ; And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head ; Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, With something of malice, and more of dread." The words so possessed her that she could hardly refrain... | |
 | Jakob Schipper - 1888 - 498 pages
...make her gentle vows ; Her slender palms together prest, Heaving sometimes on her breast; etc. S. 114. A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy. And the lady's...and more of dread At Christabel she looked askance ! — 5 One moment — and the sight was fledt But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1888 - 328 pages
...her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel A snake's small eye blinks dull and s\.y, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each...askance ! — One moment— and the sight was fled ! But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady ground Shuddered aloud, with a hissing sound ;... | |
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A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head; Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye... 
