 | Elinor Mead Buckingham - 1897 - 356 pages
...she saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded, as it came; He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, wo For they... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 478 pages
...she saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded as it came; He dropped the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they did... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1897 - 322 pages
...traced ; and then it faded as it came, And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting TOwS, but heard not his own words, And all things reeled around him." * *I cite that part of the "Dream" which, though written much time after, was declared by the poet,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1898 - 112 pages
...he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came w0 The selfsame aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique oratory shook His bosom in its...moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts 155 Was traced — and then it faded as it came, And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1900 - 492 pages
...saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand ; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded, as it came ; He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 410 pages
...she saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded as it came; He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Beturn'd, but not as bidding her adieu, For they did... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1839 - 808 pages
...he stood Kven at the altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in its...o'er his face, The tablet of unutterable thoughts \Vas traced, — and then it faded as it came, And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke Tile fitting... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 468 pages
...she saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded as it came; He dropped the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, From out the... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand ; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced ; and then it faded as it came. He dropped the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired ; but not as bidding her adieu, For they did... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1902 - 850 pages
...he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then— As in that hour—a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced,—and then it faded as... | |
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And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting vows, — but heard not his own words ; And all things reel'd around him... 
