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
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 pages
...'A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they shrank in her head, Each shrank up to a serpent's eye; And with somewhat of malice...and more of dread At Christabel she look'd askance. . . . The maid, devoid of guile and sin, I know not how, in fearful wise, So deeply had she drunken... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Joseph Skipsey - 1884 - 304 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... | |
| Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1884 - 310 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... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1884 - 310 pages
...arms across her chest, And crouched her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well! A snake's small eye blinks...And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each shrank up to a serpent's eye, And with somewhat of malice, and more of dread, At Christabel she looked... | |
| Julie P. Smith - 1885 - 540 pages
...curls ; the melodious tone of her voice jarred on her sense. "A snake's small eye blinks dull and sly ; And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head ; Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, With something of malice, and more of dread." The words so possessed her that she could hardly refrain... | |
| Jakob Schipper - 1888 - 498 pages
...make her gentle vows ; Her slender palms together prest, Heaving sometimes on her breast; etc. S. 114. A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy. And the lady's...somewhat of malice, and more of dread At Christabel she looked askance ! — 5 One moment — and the sight was fledt But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1888 - 328 pages
...her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel A snake's small eye blinks dull and s\.y, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each...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 - 1888 - 330 pages
...looked askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye blinks dull and sKy, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, And with somewhat o^malice, and more of dread. At Christabel she looked askance ! — One moment — and the sight was... | |
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