That he was wretched, but 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... The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 242by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824Full view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...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 did part with mutual smiles ;...IV. A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The Boy was sprung to manhood : in the wilds Of fiery climes he made himself a home, And his Soul drank... | |
| 1843 - 368 pages
...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 did part with mutual smiles ;...the massy gate of that old hall, And, mounting on hip steed, he went his way, And ne'er repass'd that hoary threshold more. A change came o'er the spirit... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...faded as it came : He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, — but not as bidding her adieu ; For they did part with mutual smiles :...way. And ne'er repass'd that hoary threshold more ! A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The boy was sprung to manhood : in the wilds Of fiery... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...faded as it came: He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, — but not as bidding her adieu ; For they did part with mutual smiles :...way, And ne'er repass'd that hoary threshold more ! A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The boy was sprung to manhood : in the wilds Of fiery... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...slow steps Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they did part with mutual smiles ; he passed From out the massy gate of that old Hall, And mounting on his steed he went his way ; And ne'er repassed that hoary threshold more. A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The Boy was sprung to... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 396 pages
...with slow steps Return'd, but not as bidding her adieu, For they did part with mutual smiles:—he pass'd From out the massy gate of that old Hall, And...way, And ne'er repass'd that hoary threshold more." In one of his journals, Lord Byron describes his feelings after thus leaving the oratory. Arriving... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 394 pages
...slow steps Return'd, but not as bidding her adieu, For they did part with mutual smiles:—he pa8s'd From out the massy gate of that old Hall, And mounting...way, And ne'er repass'd that hoary threshold more." In one of his journals, Lord Byron describes his feelings after thus leaving the oratory. Arriving... | |
| Washington Irving - 1851 - 398 pages
...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 did part with mutual smiles :—...way, And ne'er repass"d that hoary threshold more." In one of his journals, Lord Byron describes his feelings after thus leaving the oratory. Arriving... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1851 - 494 pages
...see the voanfiov fifmii. " He passed," says the poet of one whose fate was such, " From out the mossy gate of that old hall, And mounting on his steed he...way, And ne'er repass'd that hoary threshold more." In 1768, a holy priest of the religious house of Betharram, in the Pyrenees, in the sixty-eighth year... | |
| Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 pages
...it faded, a« it came; He dropp'd the hand he held, and with slow steps Retired, but not as bidding her adieu, For they did part with mutual smiles ; he pass'd From out the massy gate ofthat old Hall, And mounting on his steed he went his way; And ne'er repass'd that hoary threshold... | |
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