 Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white ; Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk ; Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font : The fire-fly wakens : waken thou with me. Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers...  ... Tennyson's The Princess - Page 121by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1896 - 142 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...unto me. " Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow — as thy thoughts in me. "Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me." ' There is silence.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1848 - 186 pages
...open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me.' ; I heard her turn... | |
 | 1848 - 738 pages
...lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughtin me. Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake, So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom an'd be lost in me." By-and-by they come... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pages
...me. " ' Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow — as thy thoughts in me. " ' Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me. ' " There is silence.... | |
 | 1850 - 600 pages
...me. " ' Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow — as thy thoughts in me. " ' Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bofom and be lost in me. ' " There is silence.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 300 pages
...open unto me. " Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. " Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me." I heard her turn the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 290 pages
...open unto me. " Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. " Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosorn and be lost in me." I heard her turn the... | |
 | 1848 - 708 pages
...lies open unto me. Now slides the silent meteor on and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thought in me. Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake, So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me." By-and-by they come to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 468 pages
...open unto me. " Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. " Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me." I heard her turn the... | |
 | 1854 - 778 pages
...on a river floating, She floats upon the river of his thoughts." Spanish Student, Act II. Sc. 3. 11 Now folds the lily all her sweetness up, And slips into the bosom of the lake ; So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me." Princess, Part vii.... | |
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