 That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight breezes strewn ; And wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's...  New Outlook - Page 3161907Full view - About this book
 | Walter Percival - Annuals, American - 1848 - 382 pages
...the depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest, on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals...tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1849 - 406 pages
...fieecp-lik« floor, By the midnjght breezes strewn ; « And wherever the beat of her unseen fcjt, Wrhich only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of...tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind" her and peer ; ( And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...the depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest, on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals...tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ! And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my... | |
 | Stephen Watkins Clark - English language - 1851 - 204 pages
...heaven above, J6. A. With wings folded. I rest, on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. 17. A. That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals...hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, 18. G. The stars peep behind her and peer; 19. A. And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...folded I rest on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. That orbed maiden with white fire ladeo, *hM * N * f«t, Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin rat The stars peep behind... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...the depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest, on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. That orbed maiden , with white fire laden, Whom mortals...tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Shelley. Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...the depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest, on my airy nest, And still as a brooding dove. That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals...tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent, Till the calm... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...the depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest, on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals...tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...Lightning, my pilot, sits ; In a cavern under is fettered the thunder, It struggles and howls at fits. That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals...tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 196 pages
...David hid himself. She came down to wash herself. It moves in all directions without turning itself. That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon. — SHELLEY. Woods that wave o'er Delphi's stcep, Isles, that crown the jEgean decp. — GRAY. At mercy... | |
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