 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pages
...unrobing in terms of such delicate yet graphic' beauty as these ? Anon her heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1847 - 556 pages
...heart revives: her vespers done. Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ;...degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees: Hull-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed. Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair... | |
 | 1848 - 886 pages
...heart revives: her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ;...rustling to her knees : Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea- weed. Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St Agnes In her bed, But dares"... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 604 pages
...faint ; She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. " Anon his heart revives ; her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ¡ Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees Her rich attire cieeps rustling... | |
 | 1848 - 886 pages
...grew faint: She knelt, so pure a Lhlng, so free from mortal taint. Anon his heart revives: her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant boddice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pages
...— Porphyro grew faint, She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ;...degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees : Half hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees In fancy fair... | |
 | Boys - 1852 - 466 pages
...: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. XXVI. Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 980 pages
...heart revives : her vespers done, Of aJl its wreathed pearls her hair she free* ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knee* : Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and see*, In fancy,... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1854 - 436 pages
...young maiden with a " niceness " that gives us as much right to look as Porphyro : — " Her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling... | |
 | John Keats - 1855 - 416 pages
...: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. XXVI. Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling... | |
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Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant bodice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees : Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed,... 
