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" Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, 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. "
The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits - Page 226
by William Hazlitt - 1886 - 456 pages
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 6

Christianity - 1843 - 750 pages
...frees ; Unclasps her warm jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ; by degrees Her rich nttire creeps rustling to her knees : Half-hidden, like a...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, Volume 86

English literature - 1820 - 606 pages
...wreathed pearls her hair she frees; Unclasps her wanned jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her...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 Eclectic Review, Volume 14; Volume 32

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 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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The Indicator, Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...frees; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant boddice; by degrees Her rich uttire creeps rustling to her knees; Half-hidden, like a...Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fuir Saint Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled. Soon, trembling in...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 8

1821 - 498 pages
...one by one ; Loosens her fragrant bodice ; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling 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,...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 11

1822 - 496 pages
...glory, like a saint : She seemed a sp endid angel, newly drest. Save wings, for heaven:— • • • Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest. In sort of wakeful swoon, perplexed she lav, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppressed Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...hair a glory, like a saint : She seemed a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven :— Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest, In sort of wakeful swoon, perplexed she lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppressed Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued...
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The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or ...

Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...hair a glory, like a saint : She seemed a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for lieaveu : — Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest, In sort of wakeful swoon, perplexed she. lay, Until the poppied warmth of sleep oppressed Her soothed limbs, and soul fatigued...
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...pearls fcer hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one ; Loosens her fragrant boddice ; nd oa hersoft and chilly nest, In sort of wakeful swoon, perplex'd she lay. Until the poppied warmth of sleep...
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The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps her warmedjewels one by one ; loosens her fragrant boddice ; /V la fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, Bo t dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled. Soon, trembling...
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