 Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk ; Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font : The fire-fly wakens : waken thou with me. ' Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers...  The Princess: A Medley - Page 123by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - 190 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...150, 151.) — ' A volume of the Poets of her land : There to herself, all in low tones, she read. " Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white } Nor...ghost she glimmers on to me. " Now lies the Earth all Danaii to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. " Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves... | |
 | 1848 - 738 pages
...sleep," and is awaked by her reading a sort of serenade to him, and a beautiful one it is. Listen : — " Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white ; Nor...waken thou with me. Now droops the milk-white peacock liko a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danae to the stars, And... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pages
...150, 151) :— "A volume of the Poets of her land: Thereto herself, all in low tones, she read. " ' Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white ; Nor...thou with me ! " ' Now droops the milkwhite peacock ¡ike a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. " ' Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars,... | |
 | 1848 - 708 pages
...sleep," and is awaked by her reading a sort serenade to him, and a beautiful one it Listen : — " Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white ; Nor...thou with me. Now droops the milk-white peacock like ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars, And all... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1856 - 512 pages
...one hand grasped The mild bull's golden horn." In his Princess there is this allusion to Danae : — "Now lies the earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me." Niobe. NIOBE. The fate of Arachne was noised abroad through all the country, and served as a warning... | |
 | Charles Astor Bristed - 1858 - 736 pages
...sleep," and is awaked by her reading a sort of serenade to him and a beautiful one it is. Listen: — "Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; Nor...ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danag to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on and leaves... | |
 | Charles Astor Bristed - 1858 - 732 pages
...sleep," and is awaked by her reading a sort of serenade to him and a beautiful one it is. Listen: — "Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white ; Nor...ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Dana8 to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on and leaves... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 366 pages
...she, near me, held A volume of the Poets of her land : There to herself, all in low tones, she read. " Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white, Nor waves...ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. "Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. " Now folds the lily... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 376 pages
...she, near me, held A volume of the Poets of her land : There to herself, all in low tones, she read. " Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white, Nor waves...Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font : The fire- fly wakens: waken thou with me. " Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost And like a ghost... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...she, near me, held A volume of the Poets of her land : There to herself, all in low tones, she read. " Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white, Nor waves...ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. " Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A sliming furrow, as thy thoughts in me. " Now folds the lily... | |
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