 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 390 pages
...o'er the spirit of my dream. The wanderer was returned.—I saw him stand . Before an altar—with a gentle bride ; Her face was fair, but was not that...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... | |
 | lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1850 - 328 pages
...long been completed, the wedding was appointed to take place in ten days from that time. CHAPTER XXIV. As he stood, Even at the altar, o'er his brow there...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,... | |
 | Maria Priscilla Smith - 1851 - 152 pages
...her soul's wild agony, appealing from man to his Maker, — from earth to heaven ! CHAPTER XII. -I SAW him stand Before an altar — with a gentle bride,...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1851 - 784 pages
...Milbanke, the lady's father, in the county of Durham, and on the 3d of January, 1815, was married. " I saw him stand Before an altar with a gentle bride...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,... | |
 | Clara Cameron (fict.name.) - 1851 - 882 pages
...going forward, ever to have time to perceive any faults in his intended son-in-law. CHAPTER X. " I saw him stand Before an altar — with a gentle bride...not that which made The starlight of his boyhood?" IF Clara's wedding-day had been one of fearful exertion to her mental courage and powers of calm endurance... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 398 pages
...persuade us of its truth. " A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The wanderer was returned. — I saw him stand Before an altar — with a gentle bride...not that which made The star-light of his boyhood j — as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 pages
...a spectre of the past. A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The Wanderer was retnrn'd, — I saw him stand Before an Altar — with a gentle bride;...was not that which made The Starlight of his Boyhood ; — ан he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame aspect, and the quivering... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...— a spectre of the past. A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The wanderer was return'd. I saw him stand Before an altar , with a gentle bride...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 race The tablet... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...a spectre of the past. A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The Wanderer was return'd. — I saw him stand Before an Altar — with a gentle bride...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... | |
 | Edwin Eddison - 1854 - 362 pages
...of an inward strife, as if her eye was charged with unshed tears.'" Then he, the lover-poet, stands "before an altar with a gentle bride ; her face was...not that which made the starlight of his boyhood.... Tie spoke the fitting vows, but heard not his own words, and all things reel'd around him." His mind... | |
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I saw him stand Before an Altar— with a gentle bride; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The Starlight of his Boyhood;— as he stood Even at the Altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique... 
