 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 it came, And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting...  The Quarterly Review - Page 195edited by - 1831Full view - About this book
 | John Galt - Poets, English - 1830 - 352 pages
...starlight of his boyhood : — as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The Belf-same. aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Authors, English - 1830 - 532 pages
...hie Boyhood ;— as he stood Even at tbe altar, o'er his brow there came The self same aspect, aud 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 fuded... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Authors, English - 1830 - 528 pages
...hour — a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced,— and then it faded MS ch to blame and regret, and stating one or two occasio flttinfr vows, but beard not his own words, And all things reel'd around him ; he could see Not that... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 632 pages
...inquiring into the state of his affairs, found them in so utterly embarrassed a condition as to fill lim with some alarm, and even to suggest to his mind the...there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering slio •]<, That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then — As in that hour... | |
 | 1831 - 624 pages
...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...His bosom in its solitude ; and then — As in that hour — a moment o'er hia face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, — and then it faded... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 576 pages
...which made The Starlight of his Boyhood ;— as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there ciime The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That...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 tiien it faded... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - Danish literature - 1832 - 706 pages
...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 selfsame...His bosom in its solitude; and then — As in that hour — a moment o'er bis face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced; — and then it faded... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1832 - 706 pages
...which made The Starlight of his Boyhood: — as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there eame The selfsame aspect, and the quivering shock That...shook His bosom in its solitude; and then As in that hour — a moment o'er bis face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced; — and then it faded... | |
 | John Galt - 1832 - 358 pages
...stood Even at the altar, fl'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock Thnt 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 N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1833 - 666 pages
...' 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...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... | |
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