 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...shades In gentleness of heart ; with gentle hand Touch — for there is a spirit in the woods. o 6 VIII. SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent Tp be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair ; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1834 - 256 pages
...declaration at the end, that he would be sure and not introduce him to the heiress. VoL. I. F CHAPTER V. She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed upon my sight A lovdy apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. Her eyes like stars of twilight fair, Like twilight... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...bird ! the earth we pace Again appears to be An unsubstantial, faery place, That is fit home for thee. She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed upon my sigl.t, A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like... | |
 | James Gregor Grant - 1838 - 290 pages
...me see The brightest star of ages yet to be, And I will mate and match him blissfully." Wordsworth, She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight, A dancing Shape, an Image gay — To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her, upon nearer view, A Spirit,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - Poets, English - 1839 - 374 pages
...at that time, irresistibly suggests a quotation from Wordsworth's graceful poetic picture : — . " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. » » • • « A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being... | |
 | Miss Browne - Poets, English - 1839 - 314 pages
...was at that time, irresistibly suggests a quotation from Wordsworth's graceful poetic picture : — " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ***** A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being should... | |
 | Margaret Coxe - Young women - 1839 - 364 pages
...language, than is to be found in those exquisite stanzas of this poet, commencing with the lines, " She was a Phantom of delight, When first she gleamed upon my sight." The poem entitled Tintern Abbey is one of the most precious morceaux; it is characterised by thought... | |
 | Harriet Mary Browne - 1840 - 302 pages
...was at that time, irresistibly suggests a quotation from Wordsworth's graceful poetic picture : — " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. * * * * * A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being should... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 392 pages
...was at that time, irresistibly suggests a quotation from Wordsworth's graceful poetic picture : — " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. ***** A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being should... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 368 pages
...was at that time, irresistibly suggests a quotation from Wordsworth's graceful poetic picture : — " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleamed...lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. * * * * * A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being should... | |
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May-time's brightest, loveliest dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too... 
