 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
 | Washington Irving - Abbotsford - 1835 - 262 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 his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, — and then it faded... | |
 | John Galt - 1835 - 348 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...shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then — As in thar hour — a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced — and then it... | |
 | Washington Irving - Abbotsford - 1835 - 352 pages
...made The starlight of his boyhood; — as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came L 3 The selfsame 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 then it faded... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1835 - 348 pages
...from his fancy, lightens with a long train of illumination that of the reader. —Sin WALTER SCOTT.] The selfsame 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 then it faded... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 348 pages
...from his fancy, lightens with a long train of illumination that of the reader. — SIR WALTEB SCOTT.] The selfsame 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 then it faded... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 308 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 his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, — and then it faded... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 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...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...hride : Her face was fair, — hut was not that which made The starlight of his hoyhood ! as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame...quivering shock That in the antique oratory shook His hosom in its solitude ; and then, As in that hour, a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterahle... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1839 - 782 pages
...which made The Starlight of his Boyhood j— as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there cam« 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 bee , The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, — and then it faded... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...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 selfsame...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... | |
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