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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... "
Poetical Works of Lord Byron: The prisoner of Chillon. Poems of July ... - Page 41
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901
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The novels and romances of A.E. Bray, Volume 8

Anna Eliza Bray - 1845 - 522 pages
...sufficiently awakened to render him alive to the import of the subject to which he makes response. "And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting vows, but heard not his own words ; And all thmgs reel'd around him." Indeed, so dreamy, so lost was Philippe to his actual situation on this memorable...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...saw not all. He rose, and, with a cold and gpntle 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...
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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayley

Samuel Carter Hall - 1846 - 332 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...moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts D 2 Was traced, — and then it faded as it came ; And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting...
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Forest Hill

Forest Hill - 1846 - 920 pages
...lay in Madame de St. Amande's ing beneath her foot with a very savage smile : — One moment o'er her face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded as it came. " He injured me," she added ; " but I have long since paid back the debt with a terrible interest....
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The Poets and Poetry of England: In the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 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...
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The Select Poetical Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then — Aa in that hour — a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, — and...
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The Crayon Miscellany

Washington Irving - 1849 - 394 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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The Crayon Miscellany

Washington Irving - 1849 - 390 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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Crayon miscellany

Washington Irving - 1849 - 396 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 Return'd, but not as bidding her adieu, For they...
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Pride and irresolution, a new series of The discipline of life [by lady E.C ...

lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1850 - 328 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 it faded as it came, And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting vows — but heard not his...
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