 He found a Woman in the cave, A solitary Woman, Who by the fire was spinning, And singing as she spun. The pine boughs were cheerfully blazing, And her face was bright with the flame; Her face was as a Damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey.  Thalaba the Destroyer - Page 89by Robert Southey - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 pages
...Woman, Who by the fire was spinning, And singing as she spun. The pine boughs were cheerfully blazing, And her face was bright with the flame ; Her face...the gossamer ; The song she sung was low and sweet, But Thalaba knew not the words. He laid his bow before the hearth, For the string was frozen stiff;... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1888 - 698 pages
...Woman, Who by the fire was spinning, And singing as she spun. The pine boughs were cheerfully blazing, And her face was bright with the flame ; Her face...Damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey. She bade him weleome with a smile, And still continued spinning, And singing as she spun. . . . The thread she spun... | |
 | Félix Rabbe - 1888 - 340 pages
...Shelley of the mysterious spinner in Southey's "Thalaba," Maimuna, by whose name he used to call her : Her face was as a damsel's face, And yet her hair was gray. * The above sketch of the Boinvilles is taken from Mr. Dowden, who derives it from Mr. Thomas... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 pages
...Woman, Who by the fire was spinning, And singing as she spun. The pine boughs were cheerfully blazing, And her face was bright with the flame ; Her face...yet her hair was grey. She bade him welcome with a smiley And still continued spinning, And singing as she spun, . . . The thread she spun it gleam'd... | |
 | 1861 - 316 pages
...singing as she spun. The pine boughs they blazed cheerfully, And her face was bright with the name : Her face was as a damsel's face, And yet her hair...finer than the silkworm's, Was finer than the gossamer !" — A VILLAGE GRAVE. But let the reader turn to " Thalaba, that wild and wondrous song," for the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1895 - 264 pages
...Woman, Who by the fire was spinning, And singing as she spun. The pine boughs were cheerfully blazing, And her face was bright with the flame ; Her face...the gossamer ; The song she sung was low and sweet, But Thalaba knew not the words. He laid his bow before the hearth, For the string was frozen stiff... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 620 pages
...woman, Who by the fire was spinning, And singing, as she spun. The pine-boughs were cheerfully blazing, And her face was bright with the flame, Her face was as a damsel's face, And yet her hair was gray. She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning, And singing as she spun. The... | |
 | David Watson Rannie - 1907 - 422 pages
...Woman, Who by the fire was spinning, And singing as she spun. The pine boughs were cheerfully blazing, And her face was bright with the flame ; Her face...continued spinning, And singing as she spun. The thread she spun it gleam'd like gold In the light of the odorous fire, Yet was it so wondrously thin, That,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...Who by the fire was spinning, And singing as she spun. 300 The pine boughs were cheerfully blazing. And her face was bright with the flame ; Her face...thread the woman drew Was finer than the silkworm's, Waa finer than the gossamer ; 310 The song she sung was low and sweet, But Thalaba knew not the words.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...Who by the fire was spinning, And singing as she spun. 300 The pine boughs were cheerfully blazing. And her face was bright with the flame ; Her face was as a Damsel's face. 82 83 And yet her hair was grey. She bade him welcome with a smile, And still continued spinning, And... | |
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