 A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, And with somewhat of malice, and more of dread, At Christabel she looked askance!  The Eclectic Review - Page 564edited by - 1816Full view - About this book
 | John Bickerton - 1816 - 70 pages
...arms across her chest, And couch'd her head upon her breast, And look'd askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye blinks......'. One moment — and the sight was fled ! But Christabet in dizzy trance, '': •" . Stumbling on the unsteady ground — ...:.• Shudder'd aloud,... | |
 | 1816 - 676 pages
...highly poetical,, and is expressed by the author with considerable felicity, though too minutely : " A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's...askance ! — One moment — and the sight was fled ! #***»«»* The maid, alas ! her thoughts are gone, She nothing sees — no sight hut one ! The maid,... | |
 | 1816 - 658 pages
...across her chest, And couch'd her head upon her breast. And look'd askance at Christabel—— Jesu, Maria, shield her well! A snake's small eye blinks...more of dread At Christabel she look'd askance ! One moment—and the sight was fled! But Christabel in dizzy trance, Stumbling on the unsteady ground—... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1816 - 82 pages
...arms across her chest, And couch'd her head upon her breast, And look'd askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well! A snake's small eye blinks...more of dread At Christabel she look'd askance ! One moment—and the sight was fled ! But Christabel in dizzy trance, Stumbling on the unsteady ground—... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1828 - 386 pages
...her breast, And looked askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye Winks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her...eye, And with somewhat of malice, and more of dread 70 fJIUISTAJJEL. At Christabel she looked askance !— One moment — and the sight was fled ! But... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 426 pages
...arms across her chest, And couched her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye blinks...somewhat of malice, and more of dread At Christabel she looked askance ! — One moment — and the sight was fled ! But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling... | |
 | 1829 - 342 pages
...across her chest, And couched her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel — Jesu, Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye blinks...somewhat of malice, and more of dread, At Christabel she looked askance ! — One moment — and the sight was fled ! But Christabel in dizzy trance, Stumbling... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...across her chest, And couch'd her head upon her breast, And look'd askance at Christabcl— — . Jcsu, Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy. And the lady's eye« they shrunk, in her head, Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, And with somewhat of malice, and... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...arms across her cheat, And couch'd her head upon her breast, And look'd askance at Christabel Jciu, heart of a conqueror. Her dewy eyes are closed, And...The baby Sleep is pillow'd : Her golden tresses sha moro of dread, At Christabcl she look'd askance : — One moment — and the sight was Sed .' But Christabel,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 394 pages
...arms across her chest, And couched her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel Jesu Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye blinks...And with somewhat of malice, and more of dread, At Cbristabel she looked askance ! — One moment — and the sight was fled ! But Christabel in dizzy... | |
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