 EVE. DEEP on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling to the moon : My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the creeping hours That lead me to my...  Poetical Works - Page 226by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 432 pages
...moon, My breath to Heaven like vapour goes, May my soul follow soon. The shadows of the convent towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year, That on my bosom lies. As these white robes are soiled and dark To yonder shining ground, As this pale taper's... | |
 | 1837 - 428 pages
...moon, My breath to Heaven like vapour goes, May my soul follow soon. The shadows of the convent towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year, That on my bosom lies. As these white robes are soiled and dark To yonder shining ground, As this pale taper's... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1840 - 448 pages
...of the laurustinus and the crocus? And who is not willing to say with the poet, to its Maker — '* Make Thou my spirit pure and clear As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year, That on my bosom lies." This flower is often in bloom from the month of January until spring has quite taken... | |
 | 1842 - 750 pages
...AGNES. "DEEP on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling to the moon : My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the...first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. " As these white robes are soil'd and dark, To yonder shining ground ; As this pale taper's earthly... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 pages
...AGNES. i. DEEP on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling to the moon : My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the...the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year ST. AGNES, n. As these white robes are soiled and dark, To yonder shining ground; As this pale taper's... | |
 | 1842 - 736 pages
...snows Are sparkling to the moon : My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon f The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy...first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. " As these white robes are soil'd and dark, To yonder shining ground ; As this pale taper's earthly... | |
 | 1842 - 740 pages
...: My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon f The shadows of the convenMowers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. " As these white robes are soil'd and dark, To yonder shining ground ; As this pale taper's earthly... | |
 | 1862 - 908 pages
...vapour goes; May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the minster-towers Slant down the snowy sward, That lead me to my Lord. Make Thou my spirit pure...first snowdrop of the year, That in my bosom lies. As these white robes are soiled and dark To yonder shining ground, As this pale taper's earthly spark... | |
 | 1844 - 530 pages
...shadows stealing momentarily on wards. The true character of the nun is caught at a single glance:— " The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy...with the creeping hours That lead me to my Lord. Make llmu my spirit pure and clear As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 254 pages
...AGNES. I. DEEP on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling to the moon : My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the...the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year II. As these white robes are soiled and dark, To yonder shining ground ; As this pale taper's earthly... | |
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