 She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple...  The Williams Quarterly - Page 2371857Full view - About this book
 | John Sullivan Dwight - 1856 - 428 pages
...it ever so airy л tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. Cinderella at Niblo'e. [From the NY Tribune, August 7.) The sweetest of fairy legends is Cinderella.... | |
 | 1856 - 964 pages
...it ever яо airy a trend, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead ; Would start and tremble under her feet, And bloesom in purple and red." Wo do not remember a garden scene in poetry that surpasses this for delicacy... | |
 | Charles Bagot Cayley - 1857 - 128 pages
...name like her's that came From heaven in the Revelations. PSYCHE LOVELIT. ' My dust would hear thee and beat, Had I lain for a century dead, Would start and tremble under thy feet, And blossom in purple and red." — Tennyson's Maud. SHE strewed her bed, where flowers are... | |
 | 1857 - 398 pages
...heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and hem, Hud I lain for a century dead ; Would start and tremble under her feel, And blossom in purple and red." . The various shades and wonderful variety of meaning which this... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1858 - 420 pages
...it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. Alfred Tennyson. SHE'S GONE TO DWELL IN HEAVEN. SHE'S gone to dwell in heaven, my lassie. She's gone... | |
 | Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 pages
...it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. A RED, RED ROSE. K. BURNS.—Music at ZT Purday's. OH, my love's like a red, red rose, That's sweetly... | |
 | 1858 - 866 pages
...niry a tread, My heart would hoar her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bod. My dust would bear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead ; Would...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red " — are passionate enough and full of pathos. This soon ceases, however; for the brother of Maud... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 322 pages
...wait." Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and heat, She is coming, my own, my sweet; Had I lain for a century dead ; Would start and tremble under her feet, Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, And blossom in purple and red. BONNIE... | |
 | S.D. Harris - 1858 - 400 pages
...it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead. [From Tnnyson's" Maud." For the Ohio Cultivator. More Experience in Butter Making. We were interested... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 188 pages
...whispers, ' I wait.' 11. My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. MAUD. PART II. I. 1. ' THE fault was mine, the fault was mine ' — Why am I sitting here so stunn... | |
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