I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And in the forest's shade Our vows were plighted. Under its loosened vest Fluttered her little breast, Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted. Poems - Page 175by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853Full view - About this book
| 1842 - 650 pages
...following energetic lines, which show, also, the manner in which he received the suitor and his suit. "Bright in her father's hall Shields gleamed upon the wall, Loud sang the minstrels all, Chanting his glory ; When of Old Hildebrand I asked his daughter's hand, Mute did the minstrels stand... | |
| 1842 - 498 pages
...in this fine poem shows the poet. The pirate life, came next, and wassail, and then the wooing/ — I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid,...Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted. He told his tale of love, and the story of his life to old Hildebrand, the father, while the minstrels... | |
| 1842 - 620 pages
...following energetic lines, which show, also, the manner in which he received the suitor and his suit. "Bright in her father's hall Shields gleamed upon the wall, Loud sang the minstrels all, Chanting his glory ; When of Old Hildebrand I asked his daughter's hand, Mute did the minstrels stand... | |
| Lewis Gaylord Clark - 1845 - 262 pages
...stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendor. ' I woo'd the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And...the forest's shade Our vows were plighted. Under its loosen'd vest Flutter'd her little breast, Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted. ' Bright... | |
| George McHenry (of Liverpool.) - 1850 - 156 pages
...13, p. 26. An imitation of Sappho's ode. 14, p. 26. Esther, ch. ii., ver. 12. 15, p. 27. Under her loosened vest Fluttered her little breast, Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted. Longfellow. BOOK II. 16, p. 34. " Giavidan Khird," or the " Wisdom of all Times," by Kushang, surnamed... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid,...gleamed upon the wall, Loud sang the minstrels all, Chanting his glory ; When of old Hildebrand I asked his daughter's hand, Mute did the minstrels stand... | |
| Charles Timothy Brooks - 1851 - 112 pages
...of mine Fell their soft splendor. '- I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And ia the forest's shade Our vows were plighted. Under its...gleamed upon the wall, Loud sang the minstrels all, Chanting his glory ; When of old Hiklebrand I asked his daughter's hand, Mule did the minstrels stand... | |
| Charles Timothy Brooks - 1851 - 110 pages
...white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendor. '• 1 wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid,...By the hawk frighted. " Bright in her father's hall Sliields gleamed upon the wall, Loud sang the minstrels all, Chanting his glory ; When of old HUdebraud... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendour. " I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid,...Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted. " Uright in her father's hall Shields gleamed upon the wall, Loud sang the minstrels nil, ('haunting... | |
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