| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 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, For they... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 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...moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts 16* Was traced, — and then it faded as it came • And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 320 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 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 stej* Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 292 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 Eetired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they did... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 734 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...vows, but heard not his own words, And all things reel'd around him ; he could see Not that which was, nor that which should have beenBut the old mansion,... | |
| Jeaffreson - 1883 - 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...vows, but heard not his own words, And all things reel'd around him ; he could see Not that which was, nor that which should have been — But the old... | |
| Francis Thayer Russell - 1883 - 374 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...vows, but heard not his own words, And all things reel'd around him ; he could see Not that which was, nor that which should have been — % But the... | |
| John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1883 - 396 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 \Vas traced, — and then it faded as it came, And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 1162 pages
...Boyhood;—as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame aspect, and the quivering shock ars survive the captive they enthrall; The day drags through, though storms keep ou hour—a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced—and then it faded as... | |
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