 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
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 526 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 A tablet of unutterable thoughts "Was traced, and then it faded as it... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...hride ; 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... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 552 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 A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded as it came,... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 560 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 aspect, and the quivering shook That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then, As in that hour, a moment... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1863 - 392 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 self-same aspect, and the quivering ehock That in the antique oratory shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then— As in that hour —... | |
 | Washington Irving - Authors, American - 1865 - 498 pages
...Her face was fair,, hut was not that which made The star-light of his boyhood; — as he stood Kven 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 292 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 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 16* Was traced, — and then it faded... | |
 | Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley - 1866 - 396 pages
...bride ; Her face was fair, but was not that which ruade The starlight of his boyhood : as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same...shock That in the antique oratory shook His bosom in his solitude ; and then — As in that hour — a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts... | |
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