 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...  The Quarterly Review - Page 1911831Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - Abbotsford - 1835 - 352 pages
...saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand ; a moment o'er his face, A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded, as it came ; He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 308 pages
...saw not all. 1 He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand ; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded, as it came ; He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retir'd, but not as bidding her adieu, For they... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...there came The selfsame aspect, and the 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 thoughts Was traced, — and then it faded as it came ; And he stood calm and quiet, and... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...saw not all. He rose, and, with a cold and gentle grasp, He took her hand ; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, — and then it faded as it came : He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, — but not as bidding her adieu ; For... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1839 - 782 pages
...he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there cam« The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in Its...and then — As in that hour — a moment o'er his bee , The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, — and then it faded as it came. And he stood... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand ; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded as it came ; He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand ; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded, as it came, ; He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Authors, English - 1844 - 780 pages
...stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there cam* The self-same aspect, and the quivering chock That lu the antique Oratory shook His bosom in Its solitude...faded as it came. And he stood calm and quiet, and be spoke The fitting vows, but heard not his own wordi. And all things reel'd around him ; be could... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1845 - 522 pages
...sufficiently awakened to render him alive to the import of the subject to which he makes response. "And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting vows, but heard not his own words ; And all thmgs reel'd around him." Indeed, so dreamy, so lost was Philippe to his actual situation on this memorable... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1845 - 470 pages
...sufficiently awakened to render him alive to the import of the subject to which he makes response. "And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting vows, but heard not his own words; And all thmgs reel'd around him." Indeed, so dreamy, so lost was Philippe to his actual situation on this memorable... | |
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