 She was a phantom of delight When first she gleam'd upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the...  The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey - Side 237af Thomas De Quincey - 1889 - 454 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 sider
...painful to dwell upon. Let us revive ourselves hy the following fresh picture of life and loveliness : " She was a phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd upon my sight ; A lovely apparition sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's... | |
 | Physiology - 1844 - 86 sider
...and see it not; and, lo ! E'en while you look, the peerless flower is up, Consummate in the birth ! SHE was a phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd upon my sight — A lovely apparition sent To be a moment's ornament. WORDSWORTH. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. Go, thou vision,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 sider
...in Him, Even like the radiant seraphim, These choristers confide. SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. SRE was a phantom of delight. When first she gleam'd upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair; Like twilight's,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 sider
...in Him, Even like the radiant seraphim, These choristers confide. SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. SRE was a phantom of delight. When first she gleam'd upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 386 sider
...or even a legitimate talent for discussion and analytic skill, may be inferred from his celebrated verses, beginning — ' She was a phantom of delight When first she gleam'd upon my sight ; ' and ending with this matchless winding up of an intellectual homage, involving a description of... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 384 sider
...or even a legitimate talent for discussion and analytic skill, may be inferred from his celebrated verses, beginning — ' She was a phantom of delight When first she gleam'd upon my sight ; ' and ending with this matchless winding up of an intellectual homage, involving a description of... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1851 - 636 sider
...notes published in his Life, was addressed to his wife, expresses how sincerely he esteemed her : " She was a phantom of delight "When first she gleam'd upon my sight ; A lovely apparition, sent To bo a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's... | |
 | 1850 - 140 sider
...be changed every three or four days. SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. C3 SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT. SHE was a phantom of delight, When first she gleam'd upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's,... | |
 | George Searle Phillips - 1852 - 314 sider
...peculiar privilege ; and how much better this was adapted to her husband's taste, how much more suited to uphold the comfort of his daily life, than a blue-stocking...loquacity, or even a legitimate talent for discussion and analytic skill may be inferred from his celebrated verses, beginning : ' She was a phantom of delight... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1852 - 450 sider
...the charm of whose character might be supposed the express result of the element we are observing ! " She was a phantom of delight When first she gleam'd upon my sight : A lovely apparition sent To be a moment's ornament. I saw her, upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a... | |
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