 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 milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers...  In Memoriam, The Princess, and Maud - Page 249by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1902 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...font : The fire-fly wakens : waken thou with me !] " Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a 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... | |
 | 1915 - 862 pages
...provided us with a new sense of appreciation. i will make this clearer by one or two quotations : — Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake; Aud by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers. Now, these three lines arrest our attention... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1848 - 180 pages
...porphyry font : The fire-fly wakens : waken thou with me. Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the...and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself, my... | |
 | 1848 - 738 pages
...porphyry font : The fire-fly wakens ; 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...silent meteor on and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughtin me. Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake, So fold... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1848 - 180 pages
...porphyry font : The fire-fly wakens : waken thou with me. Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the...Earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies opea unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me.... | |
 | 1850 - 600 pages
...font : The fire-fly wakens: waken thou with me ! " ' Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. " ' Now lies...leaves A shining furrow — as thy thoughts in me. " ' Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pages
...font: The fire-fly wakens : waken 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, And all thy heart lies open unto me. " ' Now slides the silent meteor on, and... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 300 pages
...porphyry font : The fire-fly wakens : waken thou with me. " Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. " Now lies...and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. " Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 290 pages
...porphyry font: The fire-fly wakens : waken thou with me. " Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. " Now lies...and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. " Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself,... | |
 | 1848 - 708 pages
...porphyry font: The fire-fly wakens ; waken 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 thy heart lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on and leaves... | |
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