But peering thro' the dimness, nought discerning, Trudged home, her pitcher dripping all the way; So crept to bed, and lay Silent till Lizzie slept; Then sat up in a passionate yearning, And gnashed her teeth for baulked desire, and wept As if her heart... Poems - Page 12by Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1888Full view - About this book
| 1863 - 652 pages
...the night" We shudder over tbe weird change in poor Laura: — THE GOBT.IN MARKET. " Day after dny, night after night, Laura kept watch in vain In sullen...• Come buy, come buy ; ' — She never spied the goblin-men Hawking their fi-uita along the glen : But when the moon waxed bright Her hair grew thin... | |
| 1863 - 532 pages
...delight, One longing for the night." We shudder over the weird change in poor Laura :— " Day after dar, night after night, Laura kept watch in vain In sullen...exceeding pain. She never caught again the goblin cry : 4 Come buy, come buy ; ' — She never spied the goblin men Hawking their fruits along the glen :... | |
| Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1865 - 212 pages
...Lizzie slept ; Then sat up in a passionate yearning, And gnashed her teeth for baulked desire, and wept As if her heart would break. Day after day, night...when the noon waxed bright Her hair grew thin and grey ; She dwindled, as the fair full moon doth tuni To swift decay and burn Her fire away. One day... | |
| Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1865 - 212 pages
...Lizzie slept; Then sat up in a passionate yearning, And gnashed her teeth for baulked desire, and wept As if her heart would break. Day after day, night...when the noon waxed bright Her hair grew thin and grey ; She dwindled, as the fair full moon doth turn To swift decay and burn Her fire away. One day... | |
| Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1875 - 314 pages
...Lizzie slept; Then sat up in a passionate yearning, And gnashed her teeth for baulked desire, and wept As if her heart would break. Day after day, night...when the noon waxed bright Her hair grew thin and grey; She dwindled, as the fair full moon doth turn To swift decay and burn Her fire away. \j [ One... | |
| Frances Mary Owen - 1887 - 270 pages
...the dream gone by for ever,. and the awakening was all that was to come. Through long days and nights Laura kept watch in vain In sullen silence of exceeding pain. She never heard the luring cry again. She too began to ' dwindle and grow grey.' One day she remembered her kernel-stone,... | |
| Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1891 - 482 pages
...Lizzie slept ; Then sat up in a passionate yearning, And gnashed her teeth for baulked desire, and wept As if her heart would break. Day after day, night...when the noon waxed bright Her hair grew thin and grey ; She dwindled, as the fair full moon doth turn To swift decay and burn Her fire awav. One day... | |
| Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1897 - 486 pages
...Silent till Lizzie slept ; Then sat up in a passionate yearning, And gnashed her teeth for baulked desire, and wepl As if her heart would break. Day...when the noon waxed bright Her hair grew thin and grey ; She dwindled, as the fair full moon doth turn To swift decay and burn Her fire away. One day... | |
| Brooke Foss Westcott - 1899 - 256 pages
...Lizzie slept ; Then sat up in a passionate yearning, And gnashed her teeth for baulked desire, and wept As if her heart would break Day after day, night after...when the noon waxed bright Her hair grew thin and grey ; She dwindled, as the fair full moon doth turn To swift decay and burn Her fire away. One day... | |
| Christina Georgina Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti - 1904 - 598 pages
...I hear the fruit-call, but I dare not Laura kept watch in vain She never caught again the goblin ' Come buy, come buy ; ' — She never spied the goblin...when the noon waxed bright ^Her hair grew thin and grey ; She dwindled, as the fair full moon doth turn To swift decay and burn Her fire away. One day... | |
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