| Thomas Moore - 1892 - 582 pages
...that leave the spot All wither'd where they once have been. " How sweetly," said the trembling maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid, So long had they in...that little isle had wings. And we, within its fairy bow'rs, Were" wafted off to seas unknown, Where not a pulse should beat but ours, And we might live,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 pages
...portal that opes, THE FIRE- WORSHIPPERS. [From the same.] * How sweetly,' said the trembling maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid, So long had they in...upon yon leafy isle ! Oft, in my fancy's wanderings, I 've wish'd that little isle had wings, And we, within its fairy bowers, Were wafted off to seas unknown,... | |
| Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1893 - 444 pages
...Ax a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. "How sweetly," said the trembling maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid — So long had they in silence ntood Liooking upon that moonlit flood — "How sweetly does the moonbeam smile To-night upon yon leafy... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1890 - 346 pages
...waking scene, Like warning ghosts, that leave the spot K How sweetly," said the trembling maid. Of ii2r own gentle voice afraid, So long had they in silence...wings, And we, within its fairy bowers, Were wafted off to.seas unknown, Where not a pulse should beat but ours, And we might live, love, die, alone! Far from... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1895 - 874 pages
...that leave the spot All withered where they once have been. "How sweetly," said the trembling maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid, So long had they in...upon yon leafy isle ! "Oft, in my fancy's wanderings, "I 've wisht that little isle had wings, "And we within its fairy bowers " Were wafted off to seas... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1895 - 838 pages
...that leave the spot All withered where they once have been. "How sweetly," said the trembling maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid, So long had they in...tranquil flood — " How sweetly does the moon-beam " To-night upon yon leafy isle ! " Oft, in my fancy's wanderings, " I 've wisht that little isle had... | |
| William Malone Baskervill, James Witt Sewell - 1895 - 358 pages
...would it were! — EMERSON. Bright star ! Would I were steadfast as thou art ! — KEATS. I've wished that little isle had wings, And we, within its fairy bowers, Were wafted off to seas unknown. MOORE. Vn. In a Noun Clause. Subject. 228. The noun clause, in its various uses as subject, object,... | |
| Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 396 pages
...All withered where they once have been. " How sweetly," said the trembling maid, Of her own jentle voice afraid, So long had they in silence stood Looking upon that tranquil flood — " How sweet! loes the moonbeam smile To-night upon yon leafy isle I Oft, in my fancy's wanderings, I 've... | |
| 1904 - 1058 pages
...maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid. So long had Ilioy in silence stood, Looking upon that moonlight flood, — " How sweetly does the moonbeam smile To-night...upon yon leafy isle! Oft in my fancy's wanderings, l 've wished that little isle had wings, And wo. within its fairy bowers, Wore wafted off to seas unknown,... | |
| 1904 - 610 pages
...LORD TENNYSON. LINDA TO HAFED. FROM " THE FIRE-WORSHIPPERS." " How sweetly," said the trembling maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid, So long had they in silence stood, Looking upon that moonlight flood, — " How sweetly does the moonbeam smile To-night upon yon leafy isle ! Oft in my... | |
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