Christabel: Kubla Khan : a Vision ; The Pains of SleepJohn Murray, 1816 - 64 pages |
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... pray For the weal of her lover that's far away . She stole along , she nothing spoke , The breezes they were still also ; And nought was green upon the oak , But moss and rarest misletoe : She kneels beneath the huge oak tree , And in ...
... pray For the weal of her lover that's far away . She stole along , she nothing spoke , The breezes they were still also ; And nought was green upon the oak , But moss and rarest misletoe : She kneels beneath the huge oak tree , And in ...
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... pray you , drink this cordial wine ! It is a wine of virtuous powers ; My mother made it of wild flowers . And will your mother pity me , Who am a maiden most forlorn ? Christabel answer'd - Woe is me ! She died the 14 CHRISTABel .
... pray you , drink this cordial wine ! It is a wine of virtuous powers ; My mother made it of wild flowers . And will your mother pity me , Who am a maiden most forlorn ? Christabel answer'd - Woe is me ! She died the 14 CHRISTABel .
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... pray , ere yet in bed I lie . Quoth Christabel , so let it be ! And as the lady bade , did she . Her gentle limbs did she undress , And lay down in her loveliness , But thro ' her brain of weal and woe So many thoughts mov'd to and fro ...
... pray , ere yet in bed I lie . Quoth Christabel , so let it be ! And as the lady bade , did she . Her gentle limbs did she undress , And lay down in her loveliness , But thro ' her brain of weal and woe So many thoughts mov'd to and fro ...
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... praying at the old oak tree . Amid the jagged shadows Of mossy leafless boughs , Kneeling in the moonlight , To make her gentle vows ; Her slender palms together prest , Heaving sometimes on her breast ; Her face resign'd to bliss or ...
... praying at the old oak tree . Amid the jagged shadows Of mossy leafless boughs , Kneeling in the moonlight , To make her gentle vows ; Her slender palms together prest , Heaving sometimes on her breast ; Her face resign'd to bliss or ...
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... As infants at a sudden light ! Yea , she doth smile , and she doth weep , Like a youthful hermitess , Beauteous in a wilderness , Who , praying always , prays in sleep . And , if she move unquietly , Perchance , ' 22 CHRISTABEL .
... As infants at a sudden light ! Yea , she doth smile , and she doth weep , Like a youthful hermitess , Beauteous in a wilderness , Who , praying always , prays in sleep . And , if she move unquietly , Perchance , ' 22 CHRISTABEL .
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Page 61 - The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves. It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
Page 60 - Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail : And mid these dancing rocks at once and ever It flung up momently the sacred river.
Page 15 - So free from danger, free from fear, They cross'd the court : right glad they were. And Christabel devoutly cried To the lady by her side ; ' Praise we the Virgin all divine Who hath rescued thee from thy distress!' 'Alas, alas!' said Geraldine, ' I cannot speak for weariness.
Page 9 - Tis a month before the month of May, And the Spring comes slowly up this way. The lovely lady, Christabel, Whom her father loves so well, What makes her in the wood so late, A furlong from the castle gate? She had dreams all yesternight Of her own betrothed knight; And she in the midnight wood will pray For the weal of her lover that's far away.
Page 23 - In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel! Thou knowest to-night, and wilt know to-morrow; This mark of my shame, this seal of my sorrow; But...
Page 11 - On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky. Hush, beating heart of Christabel ! Jesu, Maria, shield her well ! She folded her arms beneath her cloak, And stole to the other side of the oak.
Page 11 - Her blue-veined feet unsandal'd were, And wildly glittered here and there The gems entangled in her hair. I guess, 'twas frightful there to see A lady so richly clad as she — Beautiful exceedingly! Mary mother, save me now! (Said Christabel,) And who art thou?
Page 25 - Amid the jagged shadows Of mossy leafless boughs, Kneeling in the moonlight, To make her gentle vows ; Her slender palms together prest, Heaving sometimes on her breast ; Her face resigned to bliss or bale—- Her face, oh call it fair not pale, And both blue eyes more bright than clear, Each about to have a tear.
Page 17 - And nothing else saw she thereby, Save the boss of the shield of Sir Leoline tall, Which hung in a murky old niche in the wall. O softly tread, said Christabel, My father seldom sleepeth well.