 The stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face. And vital feelings of delight Shall rear her form to...  Songs of Three Centuries - Page 100edited by - 1890 - 383 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 240 pages
...midnight shall be dear To her, and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets danee their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring...swell, Such thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here in this happy dell. Thus Nature spake — The work was done — How soon my Lucy's... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...willow bend, Nor shall she fail to see, Even in the motions of the storm, A beauty that shall mould her form By silent sympathy. " The stars of midnight shall...swell, Such thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here iu this happy delk" Thus Nature spake—The work was doneHow soon my Lucy's race... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 262 pages
...To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where Rivulets dance their wayward roundA And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into...; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here in this happy Dell." Thus Nature spake — The work was done — How soon my Lucy's... | |
 | Lyre - 1806 - 204 pages
...the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy. . . 128 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. The stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she...; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give, While she and I together live Here in this happy Dell. Thus Nature spake — The work was done— How soon my Lucy's... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...floating Clouds their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould...; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here in this happy Dell ." Thus Nature spake — The work was done — How soon my... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...floating Clouds their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould...; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here in this happy Dell ." Thus Nature spake — The work was done — How soon my... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pages
...From social warblers gathering in Their harvest of sweet lays " ; and when he says of his Lucy, — " The stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she...beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face "; — in these lines we have four pure and perfect metaphors. Again : In Cymbeline, old Belarius says... | |
 | 1815 - 612 pages
...wraps the heart in a contagious softness, where shall we find them, if not in the Lyrical Ballads? " The stars of midnight shall be dear To her, and she...born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face." * * * * Thus Nature spake ; the work was done ; How soon my Lucy's race was run ! She died, and left... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 pages
...floating Clouds their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould...; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here in this happy Dell." Thus Nature spake — The work was done — How soon my Lucy's... | |
 | Sir Charles Abraham Elton - 1820 - 136 pages
...11. — P. 82. His eye shall gaze the sunset's ruddy light, And grow enamour'd of the gliding moon. "The stars of midnight shall be dear To her, and she...born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face." — Thus Nature spoke : the work was done : — How soon my Lucy's race was run ! She died, and left... | |
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