Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour; Now, frowning, smiling, for the hundredth time, The nurse, that ancient lady, preached decorum; And, in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart... The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror - Seite 261825Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1876 - 732 Seiten
...looks there in her hridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gayety, Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, — the...with her heart in it, to Francesco. Great was the ioy; hut at the nuptial feast, When all sat down, the bride herself was wanting, Nor was she to he... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 Seiten
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gnyety, Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...that ancient lady, preached decorum ; And, in the luster of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy ; but... | |
| Robert Burns - 1876 - 540 Seiten
...heart I'll add my hand, And give it to the weaver.* * " But now the day was come—the day—the hour; And in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to Francesco." ROGEES' ITALY. Rogers must have read Burns: ln the first line we have a quotation from " Bruce's Address,"... | |
| 1877 - 302 Seiten
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gayety, Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy; but at the bridal feast, When all sat down, the bride was wanting there. Nor was she to be found ! Her father... | |
| Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 Seiten
...from her birth, and her first love. She was all gentleness, all gaiety, her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy; but at the nuptial feast, when all sat down, the bride was wanting there, — nor was she to be found ! Her father... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 Seiten
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gayety, Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...that ancient lady, preached decorum ; And, in the luster of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to Francesco. Great was the, joy ; but... | |
| William Davis (B.A.) - 1877 - 80 Seiten
...father. Her pranks the favourite theme ' of every tongue. But nowMhe day was come, the day, the hour ; And in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand,...in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy ; but at the bridal feast, When all sat down, the bride was wanting there — Nor was she to be found ! Her father... | |
| Code poetical reader - 1877 - 168 Seiten
...Her pranks the favourite theme * of every 30 tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour ; And in the lustre * of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to Francesco. Bridal, wedding. Great was the joy ; but at the bridal * feast, When all sat down, the bride was wanting... | |
| W. and R. Chambers (ltd.) - 1878 - 174 Seiten
...she grew, for ever in his sight. She was all gentleness, all gaiety, Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour ; And in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to Francesco. Great was... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 Seiten
...from her birth, and her first love. She was all gentleness, all gaiety, her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...nurse, that ancient lady, preached decorum ; and, in tbe lustre of her youth, she gave her hand, with her heart in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy ;... | |
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