She is not fair to outward view As many maidens be, Her loveliness I never knew Until she smiled on me ; Oh ! then I saw her eye was bright, A well of love, a spring of light. But now her looks are coy and cold, To mine they ne'er reply, And yet I cease... Poems - Page 60by Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hone - Days - 1841
...hapless dam« Consum'd his life away, for one, whose lame He beard him breathe, upon the mountains lone 1 SONG. She is not fair to outward view, As many maidens...Her loveliness I never knew, Until she smil'd on me. 0 then I saw her eye was bright, A well of love, a spring of light. But now her looks are coy and cold.... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 344 pages
...sister ! — peace around ye dwell ! Lyre, Sword, and Flower, farewell ! SONG. BY HARTLEY COLERIDGE. SHE is not fair to outward view, As many maidens be ; Her loveliness I never knew, Until she smiled on me : Oh, then I saw her eye was bright — A well of love, a spring of light. But now her... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 344 pages
...sister ! — peace around ye dwell ! Lyre, Sword, and Flower, farewell ! SONG. BY HARTLEY COLERIDGE. SHE is not fair to outward view, As many maidens be ; Her loveliness I never knew, Until she smiled on me : Oh, then I saw her eye was bright— A well of love, a spring of light. But now her... | |
 | Elizabeth Youatt - 1842
...from among them like a restless spirit, and pursued his wanderings after peace. CHAPTER XI. " She u not fair to outward view. As many maidens be ; Her loveliness I never knew, Until she smiled on me ; Oh ! then I saw her eye was bright, A well of love, a spring of light." COLERIDCE. OF... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - Classical languages - 1850 - 328 pages
...whate'er the happier heaven may gain, Hath but a loss to weep. SIR E. BULWEB LYTTON. The Light of Love. She is not fair to outward view, As many maidens be ; Her loveliness I never knew Until she smiled on me : Oh, then I saw her eye was bright ; A well of love — a spring of light. But now ber... | |
 | Catherine Anne Hubback - 1855
...making no mention whatever of her amusements, pursuits, or companions at the present time. CHAPTER VIII. She is not fair to outward view As many maidens be, Her loveliness I never knew Until she smiled on me. Oh ! then I saw her eye was bright, A well of love, a spring of light. HARTLEY COLEBIDGE.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - England - 1858 - 391 pages
...— Can aught wi' them compare, lassie ] Come awa, come awa, &c. IVtomas Pringle. SHE IS NOT FAIR. SHE is not fair to outward view, As many maidens be ; Her loveliness I never knew Until she smiled on me. Oh, then I saw her eye was bright, A well of love, a spring of light. But now her looks... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - Literature, Modern - 1859
...illustrating the exquisite, simple grace of which his muso is capable, we will quote the following: She is not fair to outward view As many maidens be, Her loveliness I never knew Until — she smiled on me; Oh ! then I saw, her eye was bright. A well of love — a spring of light. But now her... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 332 pages
...and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel-light. CLXXV W. Wordsworth She is not fair to outward view As many maidens be; Her loveliness I never knew Until she smiled on me. O then I saw her eye was bright, A well of love, a spring of light. But now her looks... | |
 | 1861
...is not lair to outward view, As many miliciens be, Her loveliness, lie never knew, Until she smiled on me; Oh, then I saw her eye was bright, A well of love, я spring of light." Л smile may impart hope to the poverty-stricken; it can do no harm, and, oh !... | |
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