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" The maid was on the eve of womanhood; The boy had fewer summers, but his heart Had far outgrown his years, and to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him: he had... "
The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages - Page 230
by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett Duchess of Cleveland - 1889
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The poetical works of lord Byron, with illustr. by K. Halswelle

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...beloved face on earth, And th at was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; He had no breath, no being, but in hers : She was...trembled on her words: she was his sight, For his eye followed hers, and saw with hera, Which eolour'd all his objects : — he had ceased To live within...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; He had no breath, no being, but in hers : She was...trembled on her words. She was his sight, For his eye followed hers, and saw with hers, Which colour' d all his objects:— He had ceased To live within...
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The Works of Washington Irving: Crayon miscellany

Washington Irving - 1863 - 398 pages
...painful devotion of a love-sick stripling. He himself gives us a glowing picture of his mute idolatry : " He had no breath, no being, but in hers ; She was...voice ; he did not speak to her, But trembled on her wards ; she was his sight, For his eye followed hers, and saw with hers, Which colored all his objects...
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Anne Cave, by Kenner Deene, Volume 3

Charlotte Smith - 1864 - 300 pages
...beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him ; He had looked upon it till it could not pass away, He had no breath, no being but in hers— She was his voice—he did not speak to her, But trembled on her words. She was his sight, for his eyes followed...
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What Men Have Said about Woman ...

Henry Southgate - 1865 - 398 pages
...beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; He had no breath, no being, but in hers ; She was...hers, Which colour'd all his objects ; — he had ceased To live within himself ; she was his life, The ocean to the river of his thoughts, Which terminated...
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What Men Have Said about Woman: A Collection of Choice Sentences

1865 - 380 pages
...beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; He had no breath, no being, but in hers ; She was...For his eye follow'd hers, and saw with hers, Which colour" d all his objects ; — he had ceased To live within himself ; she was his life, The ocean...
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The Crayon Miscellany

Washington Irving - 1866 - 462 pages
...us a glowing picture of his mi te idolatry : — " He had no breath, no being, but in hers ; She wns his voice ; he did not speak to her, But trembled on her words; she was his sight, For his eye followed hers, and saw with hers, Which colored all his objects; — he had ceased To live within himself;...
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A Selection from the Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 290 pages
...beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him : he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; He had no breath, no being, but in hers ; She was...hers, Which colour'd all his objects : — he had ceased To live within himself; she was his life, The ocean to the river of his thoughts, Which terminated...
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What Men Have Said about Woman: A Collection of Choice Sentences

Henry Southgate - 1866 - 384 pages
...beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; He had no breath, no being, but in hers ; She was...hers, Which colour'd all his objects ; — he had ceased To live within himself ; she was his life, The ocean to the river of his thoughts, Which terminated...
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Poetical Works, Volume 2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 292 pages
...beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him; he had looked Upon it till it could not pass away; He had no breath, no being, but in hers ; She was...trembled on her words; she was his sight,* For his eye followed hers, and saw with hers, Which colored all his objects: — he had ceased To live within himself;...
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