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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 Crayon Miscellany

Washington Irving - 1882 - 392 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...trembled on her words ; she was his sight, For his eye followed hers, and saw with here, Which colored all his objects ; — he had ceased To live within...
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Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...face on earth — 26 And that was sinning 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, lint trembled on her words : she was his sight ; For his eyo followed hers, and saw with hers. Which...
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Complete Works, Volume 4

Washington Irving - 1882 - 910 pages
...us a glowing picture of his mute idolatry : " He had no breath, no being, but in here ; She was hia voice ; he did not speak to her, But trembled on her words ; she was his sight, For hia eye followed hers, and aaw with hers, Which colored all his objects ; — he had ceased To live...
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The Household Book of Poetry

Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 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 s[>eak to her, But trembled on her words; she was his sight, For his eye followed hers, and saw with...
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The English poets, selections, ed. by T.H. Ward. Wordsworth to Dobell ...

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 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...with 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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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...face on earth, And that was shining on him : he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; SO He had no breath, no being, but in hers ; She was...her words ; she was his sight, For his eye follow'd here, and saw with hers, Which colour'd all his objects : — he had ceased To live within himself...
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Wordsworth to Dobell

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1884 - 654 pages
...beloved face on c.uth, 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...with 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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Ishmael: Or, In the Depths

Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth - 1884 - 722 pages
...had looked Upon it till it could not pass away ; He had no breath, no bemg but in Tiers : She was hid 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. — BYRON. EARLY the next morning,...
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The poetical works of lord Byron, with notes, Volume 3

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 268 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, "Vhich terminated...
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Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey

Washington Irving - 1886 - 562 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 his voice; he did not speak to her, ButHrembled on her words; she was his sight, For his eye followed hers, and saw with hers. Which colored...
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