I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the... Punch - Page 199edited by - 1892Full view - About this book
| John Wiggins - 1844 - 312 pages
...two hundred years ? As to myself, " But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of this blighted land, I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy ' thick ' blood, Mak^e thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, And each particular... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...score of fat shiSep, He was not, by any means, heavy to sleep." EXAMPLE OF MONOTONE. Awe and Horror. " I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy tw5 eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined... | |
| Anna Eliza Bray - 1845 - 472 pages
...character of his passions, and by some deep and secret cause of sorrow, perhaps of guilt. CHAPTER X. I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul SHAKSFEARE. ON the evening of May-day, the knight of Fitz-ford and his lady gave a splendid banquet... | |
| College students' writings, American - 1846 - 484 pages
...spark of fire which he stole from heuvcn. You doubtless think our path is strewn with flowers, but " 1 could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted and... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 pages
...crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets must needs be fair, with your blood you daily paint her thus. I cannot fight upon this freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined... | |
| William Henry Leatham - 1847 - 84 pages
...fainting fits which afford a momentary relief. Shakspeare describes the effects of fear as follows : — " I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotty and combined... | |
| Robert Aspland - 1848 - 788 pages
...passion, said with energy, and his looks directed towards the Faculty, "But that I am forbid, * » » * I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul."* The taste of this sally is more than questionable, but it certainly marked his deep feeling of disapprobation... | |
| Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burnt and purged away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined... | |
| Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 pages
...Labor's Lost — Act 4, Sc. 3. SHAKSPEARE. A FARM. 65. — But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted and... | |
| Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 pages
...Labor's Lost — Act 4, Sc. 3. SHAKSPEARE. A FARM. 65. — But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted and... | |
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