 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
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...she 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 dropped the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired ; but not as bidding her adieu, For they did... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 292 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 dropped the hand he held, and with slow steps Eetired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they did... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pages
...solitude ; and then— As in that hour—« moment o'er hU face The tablet of unutterable thought« AVni ес?, & apoke The fitting vowi, but heard not his own words. And all things reel'd around him; he could tee... | |
 | Washington Irving - Abbotsford (B.C.) - 1882 - 392 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 Return'd, but not as bidding her adieu, For they... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...saw not all. He rose, aud, with a cold and gentle grasp, He took her hand ; a moment o'er his face A nt : He dropped the hand he held, and with slow steps Ilctired, — but not as bidding her adieu; For... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1883 - 396 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...moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts \Vas traced, — and then it faded as it came, And he stood calm and quiet, and he spoke The fitting... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English drama - 1883 - 1162 pages
...Boyhood;—as he stood Even at the altar, o'er his brow there came The selfsame aspect, and the quivering shock ars survive the captive they enthrall; The day drags through, though storms keep ou hour—a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced—and then it faded as... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 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 ho held, and with slow steps Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 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... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1884 - 356 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...his own words ; And all things reel'd around him." Indeed, so dreamy, so lost was Philippe to his actual situation on this memorable evening, it was not... | |
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