 And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT.  The works of ... lord Byron - Page 105by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818Full view - About this book
 | T. C. Henley - 1861 - 160 pages
...distempers foul Are ever clear." The beautiful moral qualities are as distinctly represented here : " One shade the more, one ray the less Had half impaired...thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place." — Hebrew Melodies. The connection between features of character and features of... | |
 | 1861 - 144 pages
...tender light Which heaven to gaudy day deuies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half-lmpair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress,...serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, so eloquent, The smiles that win, the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace, Which waves in every raven tress,...thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress...thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek and o'er that brow So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1864 - 434 pages
...beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired...thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that... | |
 | 1864 - 530 pages
...Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed by that tender light, Which Heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired...every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face.' BYRON'S Hebrew Melodies. to be, lowly. But the Beloved knows her beauty, and she knows His. As the... | |
 | 1864 - 578 pages
...aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed by that tender light, Which Heaven to gaudy day denies. One shaiie the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the...every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face.' ' lltbrw Milvdiei. Part II. ' The Awaiting' implies that the travail of her heart is ,well-nigh over.... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1865 - 398 pages
...tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress,...thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that... | |
 | 1865 - 380 pages
...tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress,...thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...Riou, justly entitled "the gallant and the good" by Lord Nelson when he wrote home his despatches. ' One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired...serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win,... | |
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