 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...virgins might have visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honeyed middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright;...nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire. Full of this whim was thoughtful Madeline: The musie, yearning like a god... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...loves receive Upon the honeyed middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright ; As, suppeiiess to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties,...nor sideways, but require Of heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire. VII. Full of this whim was thoughtful Madeline ; The music, yearning like... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...virgins might have visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honeyed middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright...supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their Iwauties, lily white ; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of heaven with upward eyes for all... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...virgins might have visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Uf on the honeyed middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright...nor sideways, but require Of heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire. Full of this whim was thoughtful Madeline ; The music, yearning like a god... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton- Dyer - 1878 - 344 pages
...pifehow, upon St. Agnes's Eve, Young virgins might have visions of delight ; And soft adorings from their loves receive, Upon the honey'd middle of the...retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white ; * Thiselton Dyer's ' British Popular Customs,' p. 46. Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1883 - 862 pages
...from their loves receive Upon the honey d middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright ; 140 As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch...nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire. ' Out went the taper as she hurried in ; Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1878 - 772 pages
...told her how, upon St. Agnes' Eve, Young virgins might have visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright ; 50 As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white ; Nor look... | |
 | William Henderson - 1879 - 424 pages
...virgins might have visions of delight, And soft advisings from their loves receive, Upon the honeyed middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright; As supperless to bed they must retire, And conch supine their beauties, lily white ; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven, with... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 318 pages
...told her how, upon St. Agnes' Eve, Young virgins might have visions of delight, And soft adoring^ from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright ; 50 As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white ; Nor look... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1880 - 312 pages
...told me how, upon St Agnes's Eve, Young virgins might have visions of delight ; And soft adorings from their loves receive, Upon the honey'd middle of the...sideways, but require Of Heaven, with upward eyes, for all that they desire. * * * * Her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ;... | |
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Eve, Young virgins might have visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright; As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white;... 
