 Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 3121854Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...heraldries, And twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint ; She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint — n She knelt... | |
 | Bombay (India : State). Board of Education - Education - 1851 - 768 pages
...with blood of queens and kings. " Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm yules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's...splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings for heaven : Porphyro grew faint, She knelt so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint." Paraphrase the whole... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1851 - 398 pages
...emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blushed with blood of queens and kings. " ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE." 2l9 Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt in Heaven's grace and boon ; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 680 pages
...twilight saints and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blushed with blood, of kings and queens. Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven :— Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint.' In an imperfect poem... | |
 | Boys - 1852 - 466 pages
...twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings. XXV. Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven : — Porphyro grew faint : She knelt,... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 pages
...twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded 'scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings. " Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw...grace and boon : Rose-bloom fell on her hands together press'd, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint ; She seem'da... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...threw warm gules on Madeline's fair brewt. As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon' Rose bloom How is it possible that the delights of those lands should ever be seem'da splendid angel, newly drett Save wings, for heaven !—Porphyro grew hat, She knell, so pure... | |
 | 1856 - 504 pages
...Madeline," with her eyes fixed on the floor, is a charming embodiment u) the poet's idea. The lines " Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast," offer an excellent subject for an illustration ; and well has Mr. Wehnert availed himself. The engraver... | |
 | 1852 - 528 pages
...with blood of queens and kings. " Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gales on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon ; Rose bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair... | |
 | English literature - 1853 - 544 pages
...for example, the following : — " Full on the casement shone tho wintry moon, And threw warm gales on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's...like a saint ; She seemed a splendid angel, newly dress'd. Save wings, for heaven." And the cue sentence in which he describes the sleep of this fair... | |
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