 This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose...  A Treasure Chest of Memories - Page 291by Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1911 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 pages
...lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining, which the lamp-light gloated o'er, She shall press — ah ! nevermore ! Then methought...grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer, Swung by angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor, " Wretch," I cried, " thy God hath lent... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet...the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 376 pages
...bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet,...the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee, Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet...the tufted floor. " Wretch," I cried, " thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories... | |
 | 1872 - 660 pages
...core, — This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet...footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. " Wretch I " I cried, " thy god hath lent thee, by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — -respite and nepenthe... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining, with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shaU H Q xP 1 cried, "thy God hath lent thee,— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite, — respite and nepenthe... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet...lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore I Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose footfalls... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...core, — This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet...lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press — ah, nevermore I Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose footfalls... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 pages
...bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, — But whose velvet...the tufted floor. "Wretch!" I cried, "thy God hath lent thee, by these angels he hath sent thee, Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...But whose velvet violet lining, with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, never more ! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from...tufted floor. . ' . " Wretch," I cried, " thy God hath lent thee— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from my memories of... | |
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