 And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me.  The Princess: A Medley - Page 150by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1848 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 738 pages
...sleep," and is awaked by her reading a sort of serenade to him, and a beautiful one it is. Listen : — " Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white ; Nor...waken thou with me. Now droops the milk-white peacock liko a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars, And... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1850 - 604 pages
...wakes : Ida sits beside him, and holds (pp. 150, 151) :— "A volume of the Poets of her land: Thereto herself, all in low tones, she read. " ' Now sleeps...thou with me ! " ' Now droops the milkwhite peacock ¡ike a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. " ' Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars,... | |
 | 1848 - 708 pages
...sleep," and is awaked by her reading a sort serenade to him, and a beautiful one it Listen : — " Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white ; Nor...thou with me. Now droops the milk-white peacock like ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars, And all... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 376 pages
...but mute she glided forth, Nor glauced behind her, and I sank and slept, Filled through and through with Love, a happy sleep. Deep in the night I woke...Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font : The fire- fly wakens: waken thou with me. " Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost And like a ghost... | |
 | Cheltenham College - College verse - 1868 - 570 pages
...cret'oi/Teç è/c XCUTÛV CTKóTOV TOV T' opвpov èv crтгivвrjpcrí вpavovTeч HRP, 1865. THE PRINCESS. Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white, Nor waves...in the porphyry font, The fire-fly wakens : waken thon with me. Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...the main : No more, dear love, for at a touch I yield ; Ask me no more. NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL. NOW sleeps the crimson petal, now the white, Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk ; Nor winks the goldfin in the porphyry font: The fire-fly wakens : waken thou with me. Now droops the milk-white peacock... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872 - 360 pages
...crimson petal, now the white : Tí or waves the cypress in the palace walk; Nor winks the gold fln in the porphyry font: The firefly wakens: waken thou with me. " Now droops the milkwhlte peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. " Now lies the Enrth nil Dnnac... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 532 pages
...with Love, a happy sleep. Deep in the night I v?oke : she, near me, held A volume of the Poets of hflr land ; There to herself, all in low tones, she read....fire-fly wakens : waken thou with me. " Now droops the milk- whits peacock like a phoat, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. " Now lies the Earth all... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1873 - 350 pages
...near me, held A volnme of the Poets of her land : There to herself, all in low tones, she read. С "Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; Nor...the cypress in the palace walk ; Nor winks the gold flu in the porphyry font: The firefly wakeus : waken thon with me. " Now droops the mllkwhite peacock... | |
 | Henry Robert Robertson - History - 1875 - 242 pages
...Tennyson's daintiest of poems, and the lines to which we allude will fitly conclude our chapter : — "Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; Nor...walk ; Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font : * * • * Now folds the lily all her sweetness up And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold... | |
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