...together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint : She seemed a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven...:— Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, BO free from mortal taint.' In an imperfect poem entitled Hyperion, which appeared in this volume,...

...this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon ; Rose-bloom fell on her...amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seemed a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven : Porphyro grew faint : She knelt, so...

...breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon ; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prcst, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her...knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Qi' all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps...

...together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint; She seemed a splendid angel newly drest, Save wings, for heaven; Porphyro grew faint, She knelt BO pure a thing, so free from mortal taint." We have here a specimen of descriptive power luxuriously...

...threw warm gules on Madeline's fair treat. As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and tooo" Rose bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross, soft arncihyst ; And on her hair, a glory like a saint ! She seern'da splendid angel, newly drest Save wings,...

...breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon : Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together pressed, And on her silver cross soft amethyst. And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seemed a splendid angel, newly dressed, Save wings, for heaven!" '' Is it not exquisite ?" asked Mortimer,...

...threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon ; Hose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver...knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. " Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps...

...this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon , Rose-bloom fell on her...splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for Heaven : — — — —————— — Her vespers done Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees...

...knelt for heaven's grace and boon : Rose-bloom fell on her hands together preit, And on her filter cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like...newly drest, Save wings for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint—11 She knelt so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. Anon his heart revives : her vespers...

...things of life, and makes them radiant and lovely ; as upon Keats's kneeling maiden : — "Eose blooms fell on her hands together prest, And on her silver...amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint ; She seemed a splendid angel newly drest, Save wings, for heaven." And if such, in general, be the sphere...