 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1851 - 636 Seiten
...my sight ; A lovely apparition, sent To bo a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's too her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time's brightest liveliest dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 386 Seiten
...already know — ' her eyes ' — ' Like stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight, too, her dark brown hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn.' But strange it is to tell that, in these eyes of vesper gentleness, there was a considerable obliquity... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 378 Seiten
...already know — ' her eyes ' — ' Like stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight, too, her dark brown hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn.' But strange it is to tell that, in these eyes of vesper gentleness, there was a considerable obliquity... | |
 | Anne Marsh- Caldwell - 1851 - 924 Seiten
...might both their fates have been 1 I CHAPTER X. " Her eyes like stars of twilight fair, Like twilight, too, her dusky hair, But all things else about her drawn From daylight and the cheerful dawn." WORDSWORTH. PEOPLE in stories always go to fancy-balls, and offend... | |
 | Saskatchewan. Department of Education - 1910 - 260 Seiten
...my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's too, her dusky hair ; . But all things...Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1988 - 324 Seiten
...my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair. But all things...shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too! Her Children Motherhood came to Rebekah somewhat... | |
 | Jim Geoghan - 1993 - 92 Seiten
...lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her...Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 Seiten
...my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things...Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too! Her household motions light and free, And steps... | |
 | Andrew J. Davis - 1996 - 428 Seiten
...life's flower-encircled door, to show us those we love." Can it be that man is a temporary phenomenon, "a dancing shape, an image gay, to haunt, to startle, and waylay" with this attribute of hope ? Hope is the door which opens upon eternal life. "What is it that men... | |
 | Stephen Bonnycastle - 1996 - 252 Seiten
...on to theories that aren't useful. I will provide two brief examples of how Vico's paradigm can be A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. This is stage i material; and it is striking that Wordsworth recognizes the ambiguity of stage i —... | |
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She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the... 
