 With downcast eyes and modest grace; For well she knew I could not choose But gaze upon her face. I told her of the knight that wore Upon his shield a burning brand ; And that, for ten long years, he wooed The lady of the land.  The Etonian - Página 3141821Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1820 - 784 páginas
...My hope ! my joy ! my Genevieve ! She loves me best, whene'er I sing The songs that make her grieve. I play'da soft and doleful air, I sang an old and...song, that suited well That ruin wild and hoary. She listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes and modest grace ; For well she knew, I could not... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 páginas
...hope ! my joy ! my Genevieve ! She loves me best , whene'er I sing The songs. that mate her grieve. I play'da soft and doleful air, I sang an old and...song, that suited well That ruin wild and hoary. % She listen' d with a ßitting blush, lVith downcast eyes and modest grace, For well she knew . I could... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 páginas
...sad and doleful air, I sung an old and moving story ; An old rude song, that fitted well The ruins wild and hoary. She listen'd with a flitting blush,...eyes and modest grace, For well she knew I could not chuse But gaze upon her face. I told her of the Knight who wore Upon his shield a burning brand ; And... | |
 | 1820 - 496 páginas
...own, My hope ! my joy ! my Genevivre She loves me best, wheneVr I sing The song* that make her griere. I play'da soft and doleful air, I sang an old and moving story— An u'd rude tong, that suited well That ruin wild and hoar* She listened with a flitting blush, V- itii... | |
 | 1820 - 696 páginas
...contemplative. It is Petrarch and Shakspeare transfused into each other. It is, if I may be allowed BO fanciful an illustration, the Midsummer Moonlight...modest grace: For well she knew I could not choose But gaze upon her face. I told her of the Knight who wore Upon bis shield a burning brand ; And that for... | |
 | 1822 - 418 páginas
...My hope ! my joy ! my Genevieve ! She loves me best, whene'er I sing The songs that make her grieve. I play'da soft and doleful air, I sang an old and...and modest grace ; For well she knew, I could not chuse But gaze upon her face. I told her of the Knight that wore Upon his shield a burning brand ;... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 444 páginas
...and ah ! The deep, the low, the pleading tone, With which I sang another's love, Interpreted my own. She listen'd with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes, and modest grace ; And she forgave me that I gazed Too fondly on her face ! But when I told the cruel scorn That crazed... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 404 páginas
...and ah! The deep, the low, the pleading tone, With which I sang another's love, Interpreted my own. She listen'd with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes, and modest grace ; And she forgave me that I gazed Too fondly on her face ! That sometimes from the savage den, And... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1824 - 446 páginas
...day can, to my mind, be for an instant compared to them in any one particular. The love of Lord Bvron is the love, — if we may so degrade that term, —...story — An old rude song, that suited well That ruin wUd and hoary. She listen'd, with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes and modest grace : For well... | |
 | 1824 - 446 páginas
...and rhyme, with the feelings conveyed in these stanzas : — " I play'da soft and doleful air, I saug an old and moving story— An old rude song, that...modest grace : For well she knew I could not choose But gaze upon her face. I told her of the Knight who wore Upon his shield a burning brand ; And that for... | |
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