 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
 | Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - Blue Ridge Mountains - 1855 - 454 pages
...looked at Veronica — he looked at Tyrol!, and repeated an interrogative " and yet ?" Tyrell hesitated a moment. O'er his face, The tablet of unutterable...thoughts was traced ; And then It faded as it came. " Stay here," he cried, " and I will see : it may not be too late." And he departed. I next heard his... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 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 Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique oratory shook His bosom in its...thoughts Was traced, — and then it faded as it came. (Sin Oftann in fliegenbem ©ewanb fyielt ffiadje Unb in bet SHunbe fd)liefen feineS StammeS ©enoffen,... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 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 ; Ho dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retir'd, but not as bidding her adien, For they... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in its...vows, but heard not his own words, And all things recl'd around him ; he could see Not that which was, nor that which should have bcen15ut the old mansion,... | |
 | mrs. Frederick J Hall - 1858 - 368 pages
...and knew very well that the Knave was sure to win. CHAPTER XII. '" I saw him stand, Before an altar A moment o'er his face, The tablet of unutterable...stood calm and quiet, and he spoke, The fitting vows." A WEDDING — A SERIO-COMIC MEETING, COMPOUNDED OF FAVOURS, FOOTMEN, FAREWELLS, PRAYERS, PARSONS, PLUMB-CAKES,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 642 pages
...brow there came The self-same aspect, and the quivering shock That in the antique Oratory shook Ilis bosom in its solitude ; and then — As in that hour...thoughts Was traced— and then it faded as it came, The fitting vows, but heard not his own words, And all things reel'd around him ; he could see Xot... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...he stood Even at the alts r, o'er his brow there came The selfsame p.speet, and the quivering shock That in the Antique Oratory shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then — As .D that hour — a moment o'er his face Tne tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced— and then it... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand ; a moment o'er his lace 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... | |
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