| Isaac Appleton Jewett - 1838 - 384 pages
...spirit addressing him in these prophetic strains ; — ' And a magic voice and verse Hath baptized thee with a curse. And a spirit of the air Hath begirt...night deny All the quiet of her sky. And the day shall nave a sun, Which shall make thee wish it done.' I remembered the passage in which Manfred addresses... | |
| 1839 - 776 pages
...voice and verse Hath baptized thee with a curse. And a spirit of the air Hath bepirt then with a mare , In the wind there is a voice Shall forbid thee to...shall have a sun. Which shall make thee wish it done." I remembered the passage in which Manfred addresses the witch of the Alps, beginning — " From my... | |
| Rebecca Shepard Nichols - 1844 - 236 pages
...205 BERNICE BEENICE: OR, THE CURSE OF MINNA. CANTO I. —"A magic voice and verse, Hath baptized tbee with a CURSE ! And a spirit of the air Hath begirt...shall have a sun Which shall make thee wish it done! ***** I call upon thee, and compel Thyself to be thy proper Hell!"—MANFRED. THE crescent Queen sate... | |
| Hugh Swinton Legaré - 1845 - 606 pages
...blood was upon his hands, and her curse upon his soul. f'And a magic voice and verse Hath baptized thee with a curse ; And a spirit of the air Hath begirt thec with a snare ; In the .wind there is a voice • Gait. — We happened to look for the first time... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...power which thou dost fe«l Shall be what thou must conceal. And a magic voice and verse Hath baptized liis we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long "...plaudits now ; These are the bards to whom the muse mue tt.e quiet of her sky ; And the day shall have a sun, Which »hall make thee wish it done. From thy... | |
| Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1846 - 774 pages
...Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?" SHAKSPEARE. "In the wind there is a voice Shall forhid thee to rejoice; And to thee shall night deny All...shall have a sun Which shall make thee wish it done." BYRON. I KNOW not how long I remained in the same place, rooted to the spot, the blood rushing at one... | |
| Georgiana Fullerton - 1846 - 380 pages
...wash this blood Clean from my hand?" SHAKESPEARE. " In the wind there is a voice Shall forbid thcc to rejoice; And to thee shall night deny All the quiet...sky ; And the day shall have a sun Which shall make thce wish it done." BYRON. I KNOW not how long I remained in the same place , rooted to the spot, the... | |
| 1849 - 452 pages
...silence of her reign to Night restore. Cl)c Court of And a magic voice and verse Hath baptized tliee with a curse ; And a spirit of the air Hath begirt thee with a snare. Manfred. WHILST drowsy mortals sunk in rest appear, The watchful spirits of that guardian sphere, To... | |
| William Charles McKinnon - 1852 - 342 pages
...with a curse — In the wind there is a voice, Shall forbid thee to rejmce — And to thee night shall deny All the quiet of her sky — And the day shall have a sun, Which shall make thee wish it dona I" — BTRON. WHEN St. George returned from the expedition, in which it is unnecessary to state,... | |
| William Charles McKinnon - 1852 - 336 pages
...CHAPTER XL. THE EMPIRE OF THE MIND. " And a magic voice and verse, Hath baptized thee with a cnrse — In the wind there is a voice, Shall forbid thee to rejoice — And to thee night shall deny All the quiet of her sky — And the day shall have a sun, Which shall make thee wish... | |
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