 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1888 - 330 pages
...looked askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye blinks dull and sKy, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, And with somewhat o^malice, and more of dread. At Christabel she looked askance ! — One moment — and the sight was... | |
 | 1889 - 552 pages
...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 ;... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 482 pages
...head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel — Jesu Maria, shield her well ! Asnake'ssmall eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they...askance! — One moment — and the sight was fled ! But Christabel, in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady ground, Shuddered aloud, with a hissing sound... | |
 | Lura Nancy Gregory Pedrini, Lura Nancy Pedrini, Duilio Thomas Pedrini - 1966 - 170 pages
...couched her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel— Jesu, Maria, shield her welll A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy; And the lady's...malice, and more of dread, At Christabel she looked askance!—84 Under the spell of the serpent-like Geraldine, Christabel assumes characteristics of... | |
 | Jack Stillinger - 1994 - 268 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 eyes they shrunk in her head, 585 Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, And with somewhat of malice, and more of dread, At Christabel... | |
 | Andrew Elfenbein - 1999 - 282 pages
...with a hypnotic, ritualistic character. When she appears as a snake to Christabel, Coleridge notes, "A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy; / And the...in her head, / Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye" (583-85). The repeated words slow down the temporal sequence to expand the moment in which the reader... | |
 | Rosemary Manning - 2000 - 196 pages
...She began near the end, reading the verses which describe Bracy's dream. " "A snake's small eye bunks dull and shy; And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, 128 And with somewhat of malice, but more of dread, At Christabel she looked askance ! One moment -... | |
 | H. G. Wells - 2000 - 178 pages
...And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head? Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, And with something of malice, and more of dread, At Christabel she looked askance! — One moment — and the sight ivas fled! But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady ground . . ." u Again she saw that... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 2002 - 260 pages
...looked askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well! A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy; 560 And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each...looked askance! One moment - and the sight was fled! 565 But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady ground Shuddered aloud with hissing sound;... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 2003 - 356 pages
...couched her head upon her breast, 580 And looked askance16 at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well! A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy; And the lady's...looked askance One moment - and the sight was fled! But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady ground 590 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... 
