This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 edition. Excerpt: ...fair prize Then on his lovely face begins to pore, As if to glut her soul;--her hungry eyes Have grown so jealous of her arms' delight; It seems, she hath no other sense but sight. LvI. But O sad marvel! O most bitter strange! What dismal magic makes his cheek so pale, Why will he not embrace, --why not ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 edition. Excerpt: ...fair prize Then on his lovely face begins to pore, As if to glut her soul;--her hungry eyes Have grown so jealous of her arms' delight; It seems, she hath no other sense but sight. LvI. But O sad marvel! O most bitter strange! What dismal magic makes his cheek so pale, Why will he not embrace, --why not exchange Her kindly kisses;--wherefore not exhale Some odorous message from life's ruby gates, Where she his first sweet embassy awaits? LVII. Her eyes, poor watchers, fix'd upon his looks, Are grappled with a wonder near to grief, As one, who pores on undecipher d books, Strains vain surmise, and dodges with belief; So she keeps gazing with a mazy thought, Framing a thousand doubts that end in nought. LVIII. Too stern inscription for a page so young, The dark translation of his look was death! But death was written in an alien tongue, And learning was not by to give it breath; So one deep woe sleeps buried in its seal, Which Time, untimely, hasteth to reveal. LIX. Meanwhile she sits unconscious of her hap, Nursing Death's marble effigy, which there With heavy head lies pillow'd in her lap, And elbows all unhinged;--his sleeking hair Creeps o'er her knees, and settles where his hand Leans with lax fingers crook'd against the sand; lX, And there lies spread in many an oozy trail, Like glossy weeds hung from a chalky base, That shows no whiter than his brow is pale; So soon the wintry death had bleach'd his face Into cold marble, --with blue chilly shades, Showing wherein the freezy blood pervades. LXI. And o'er his steadfast cheek a furrow'd pain Hath set, and stiffen'd like a storm in ice, Showing by drooping lines the deadly strain Of mortal anguish;--yet you might gaze twice Ere Death it seem'd, and not his cousin, Sleep, That through those...
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British Library, Historical Print Editions
Published:
3/1/2011 12: 00: 00 AM
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
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