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" She was a Goddess of the infant world ; By her in stature the tall Amazon Had stood a pigmy's height: she would have ta'en Achilles by the hair and bent his neck; Or with a finger stay'd Ixion's wheel. "
The Christian Remembrancer - Page 246
1843
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The Indicator, Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...seem'd no force could wake Rim from bis placeI Hut there came one, who with a kindred hand \ Toucli'd his wide shoulders, after bending low • ' With reverence,...Amazon Had stood a pigmy's height: she would have ta'en Aehilles by the hair and bent his neck ; pr with a finger stayed Ixion's wheel. Her face was largeas...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 574 pages
...wake him from his place: But there came one, who, with a kindred hand, Touch'd his wide sshoulders, after bending low With reverence, though to one who...not. She was a Goddess of the infant world, By her in stature-the tall Amazon Had stood a pigmy's height: she would have ta'en Achilles by the hair, and...
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 2

Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...seem'd no force could wake him from his place ; But there came one, who with a kindred hand Touch'd his wide shoulders, after bending low With reverence,...have ta'en Achilles by the hair and bent his neck. Her face was large as that of Memphian sphinx : But oh ! how unlike marble was that face : How beautiful,...
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National Review, Volume 15

1862 - 454 pages
...seemed uo force could wake him from his place ; But there came one, who with a kindred hand Touched hia wide shoulders, after bending low With reverence,...knew it not. She was a Goddess of the infant world j By her in stature the tall Amazon Had stood a pigmy's height : she would have ta'en Achilles by the...
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The Byron gallery: a series of historical embellishments, illustrating the ...

1838 - 166 pages
...allowed " Hyperion" to be " a fine monument, and likely to preserve the name" of the unfortunate Keats. " She was a goddess of the infant world ; By her in stature the tall Amazon Had stood a pigmy's height :" — " Her face was large as that of Memphian sphinx, Pedestal'd haply in a palace court, When sages...
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The Poetical Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats: Complete in One Volume

Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 552 pages
...seem'd no force could wake him from his place ; But there came one, who with a kindred hand Touch'd his wide shoulders, after bending low With reverence,...have ta'en Achilles by the hair and bent his neck ; * If any apolnffv lu1 thotiçht ïïãåâ!*ïãó for thn appearance uf the unftniühnd popin of...
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The Poetical Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats: Complete in One Volume

Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 554 pages
...place But there came one, who wilh a kindred hand Touch'd his wide »boulders, after bending low Wilh reverence, though to one who knew it not. She was a Goddess of Ihe infant world ; By her in stature the tall Amazon Had stood a pigmy's height : she would have ta'en...
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The Poetical Works of John Keats

John Keats - 1841 - 254 pages
...seem'd no force could wake him from his place ; But there came one, who with a kindred hand Touch'd his wide shoulders, after bending low With reverence,...Goddess of the infant world ; By her in stature the tall Amazoii Had stood a pigmy's height : she would have ta'en Achilles by the hair and bent his neck ;...
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Handbook to the Public Galleries of Art in and Near London: With ..., Part 2

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1842 - 366 pages
...popular and commonplace ideas of a Venus, we must look upon the magnificent form before us ; — " She was a goddess of the infant world ; By her in...wheel. Her face was large as that of Memphian sphinx, Pedestall'd haply in a palace court, When sages look'd to Egypt for their lore." KEATS'S Hyperion....
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Handbook to the Public Galleries of Art in and Near London: With ..., Volume 2

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1842 - 366 pages
...popular and commonplace ideas of a Venus, we must look upon the magnificent form before us : — '' She was a goddess of the infant world ; By her in...his neck, Or with a finger stay'd Ixion's wheel. Her lace was large as that of Memphian sphinx, PedestalFd haply in a palace court, When sages look'd to...
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