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" Half-hidden, like a mermaid in seaweed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled. "
Imagination and fancy; or Selections from the English poets, with critical ... - Page 323
by Leigh Hunt - 1845
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 6

1843 - 750 pages
...Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees Her rich nttire creeps rustling to her knees : Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams...perplex'd she lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppress 'd Her soothed limbs and soul fatigued away ; Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day ;...
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of ..., Volume 7

1820 - 596 pages
...Loosens her fragrant boddice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees : Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams...lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppress'd Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued away; Flown, like a thought, until the morrowday; Blissfully haven'd...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 14

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1820 - 790 pages
...Loosens her fragrant boddice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees : Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams...lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppress'd Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued away ; Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day ; Blissfully haven'd...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 86

1820 - 606 pages
...Loosens her fragrant boddice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees: Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed. Pensive awhile she dreams...her soft and chilly nest, In sort of wakeful swoon, perplcx'd she lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppress'd Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued...
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The Indicator, Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fuir Saint Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all...lay. Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppress'd Her soothed hmbs, and sou) fatigued away ; Flown like a thought until the morrow-day; •'Blissfully haven'd...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 14; Volume 32

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1820 - 636 pages
...wings, for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint : She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. ' Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest, In sort...perplex'd she lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppress d Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued away ; Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day ;...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 8

1821 - 498 pages
...to her kneel : Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed. Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sect, In fancy ,fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the eliarm is fled. Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nnt Insert of wakeful swoon, nerplei'd she lay....
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The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits ...

William Hazlitt - 1902 - 558 pages
...Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees : Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams...lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppress'd Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued away Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day : Blissfully haven'd...
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The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits, Volume 1

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 420 pages
...by 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,...lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppress'd Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued away Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day : Blissfully haven'd...
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“The” Spirit of the Age, Or Contemporary Portraits

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 480 pages
...Loosens her fragrant boddice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps mstling to her knees : Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams...her soft and chilly nest, In sort of wakeful swoon, pcrplex'd she lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppres&'d Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued...
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