And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent! English Lyrics - Page 2361890 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
| Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress Or softly lightens o'er...goodness spent,— A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. Lord Byron CLXXIV Her eyes as stars of twilight fair; Like Twilight's,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace, Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er...in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT. THE harp the monarch minstrel... | |
| Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...three fast friends, more sure than day or night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death. COLERIDGE. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so...in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's... | |
| T. C. Henley - 1861 - 160 pages
...represented here : " One shade the more, one ray the less Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er...express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place." — Hebrew Melodies. The connection between features of character and features of the face is not an... | |
| Aesthetics - 1861 - 144 pages
...gaudy day deuies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half-lmpair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er...thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, so eloquent, The smiles that... | |
| Johannes Scotus (pseud.) - 1862 - 280 pages
...husband's heart could safely trust, above even the breath of suspicion, as the poet beautifully says — " And on that cheek, and o'er that brow So soft, so calm, so eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow ; But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind... | |
| Frances Sargent Locke Osgood - Flower language - 1863 - 310 pages
...beneficial to health, and agreeable to the palate. The Romans used it on account of its medicinal qualities And on that cheek and o'er that brow So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win — the teints that glow — But tell of days in goodness spent — A mind at peace with all below, A heart,... | |
| James Madison Watson - Calisthenics - 1864 - 434 pages
...of dark and bright One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er...in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. BYRON. LADY CLARE. IT was the time when lilies blow, And clouds are... | |
| Robert Weir - Marine engines - 1864 - 60 pages
...gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace "Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er...thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling place. And on that cheek and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that... | |
| Women - 1865 - 380 pages
...gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er...in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. Byron. How bravely thou becom'st thy bed ! Fresh lily ! And whiter... | |
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