 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
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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