 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
 | 1889 - 552 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 on... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 482 pages
...head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabel — Jesu Maria, shield her well ! Asnake'ssmall eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they...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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 pages
...looked askance at Christabel — ,lesu -Maria, shield her well ! Asnake'ssmall eye blinksdullandshy. And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, Aud with somewhat of malice, and more of dread, At Christabel she looked askance ! — One moment —... | |
 | Charles Dent Bell - 1895 - 296 pages
...natural form, when read to some friends at Lord Byron's, is said to have caused Shelley to faint. " A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy. And the lady's...and more of dread At Christabel she look'd askance I One moment — and the sight was fled ! But Christabel, in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1897 - 156 pages
...274-276. They moved, etc. Coleridge has the eye of a scientist here. Cf. Christabel, Part the Second: "A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the...shrunk in her head, Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye." " In these monsters he seems to have particular interest, and to have consulted various zoological... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1898 - 806 pages
...across her chest, 579 And couched her head upon her breast, And looked askance at Christabcl Jesu, Maria, shield her well ! A snake's small eye blinks...look'd askance! — One moment — and the sight was But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling on the unsteady ground 590 Shuddered aloud, with a hissing... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1898 - 750 pages
...couched her head upon her breast, 580 And looked askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well! IA snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's...of dread, At Christabel she look'd askance !— One moment—and the sight was fled ! 5 '• 66 COLERIDGE'S POEMS. But Christabel in dizzy trance Stumbling... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1898 - 166 pages
...couched her head upon her breast, 580 And looked askance at Christabel Jesu, Maria, shield her well ! 0A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's...shrunk in her head, Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, 585 And with somewhat of malice, and more of dread, At Christabel she look'd askance ! — One moment... | |
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