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
| John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 pages
...Whilst he is dissolving in rains. With wings folded I rest on my 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... | |
| Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 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... | |
| Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...the green plains under ; And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder. * * * 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... | |
| George H. STRUTT - 1866 - 260 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... | |
| English poetry - 1866 - 192 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...woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind and peer ! And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 500 pages
...rack, When the morning star shines dead.... The orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortal cali the moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor. By the midnight breezes strewn. raude et d'or — glissaient à travers le dôme de teintes entremêlées. De larges nymphéas y traînaient... | |
| Moxon Edward and co - 200 pages
...depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest, on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. IV. 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... | |
| Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 588 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... | |
| Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 586 pages
...a brooding dove. Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight breezes strewn ; Aud wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the...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... | |
| English fiction - 730 pages
...waters. Would there be moonlight enough for riding and working ? were the only questions he asked about that ' orbed maiden with white fire laden whom mortals call the moon.' His notions, his plains, his rivers,' his lakes, were all 'big,' but he never thought of calling them... | |
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