 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
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...his brow there came That in the antique Oratory shook The selfsame aspect, and the quivering shock His bosom in its solitude ; and then— As in that...The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced—and thon it tided as it came, And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting vows, but heard not... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...bride ; Her face was fair, but was not thai which mad« The starlight of his boyhood ; — as he stood kish hordes, And shed the blood of Scio's vine I Hark ! rising to the i quiveruig shock That in the antique oratory shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then — As in that... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1873 - 614 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 his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced — and then it faded... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 384 pages
...prey'd Upon her mind — a spectre of the past. The Starlight of his Boyhood ; — as he stood Even sxt 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 his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, — and then it faded... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...bride ; Her face was fair ; but was not that which made The starlight of his Boyhood. As he stood, ondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest. Yet still, e'en — AB in that hour — a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced — and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 996 pages
...bride ; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The star-light of his boyhood :— as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame...quivering shock That in the antique oratory shook NEWSTEAD ABBEY. f 409 His bosom in its solitude ; and then — i As in that hour — a moment o'er... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1873 - 798 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...aspect, and the quivering shock That In the antique Orator}- shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then — As in that hour — a moment o'er his face.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...as he siccvl Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame aspect and the quiverii^ chock 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Byron (baron).) - 1873 - 380 pages
...he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there eame The self-same aspeet, and the quivering shoek That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in its solitude; and then — As in that hour — a moment o'er his faee The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traeed, — and then it faded... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 564 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 his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced — and then it faded... | |
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