Fair as herself — but the boy gazed on her; And both were young, and one was beautiful; And both were young — yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge, The maid was on the eve of womanhood; The boy had fewer summers, but his... English Lands, Letters and Kings ... - Page 192by Donald Grant Mitchell - 1897Full view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinders - 1815 - 324 pages
...beautiful : And both were young — yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge The maid was on the eve of womanhood ; The boy had...face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; 50 He had no breath, no being, but in her's ; She was... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...beautiful : And both were young— yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge The maid was on the eve of womanhood ; The boy had...face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had lopk'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; 50 He had no breath, no being, but in her's ; She was... | |
| 1816 - 572 pages
...beautiful : • And both were young — yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge The maid was on the eve of womanhood ; The boy had...face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; He had no breath, no being, but in her's; She was his... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...beautiful : And both were young — yet not alike in youth. As' the sweet moon on the horizon's verge The maid was on the eve of womanhood ; The boy had...face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; . 50 He had no breath, no being, but in her's; She was... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...beautiful • And both were young — yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge The maid was on the eve of womanhood} The boy had...face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; 5O He had no breath, no being, but in her's ; She was... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...beautiful : And both were young — yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge The maid was on the eve of womanhood ; The boy had fewer summers, but his heart vnr-. iv. x Had far outgrown his years, and to his eye There was but one In-loved face on earth, And... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 404 pages
...beautiful : And both were young — yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge, The maid was on the eve of womanhood ; The boy had...to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth, Aod that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away 5 He had no breath,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 304 pages
...the horizon's verge The maid was on the eve of womanhood; The boy had fewer summers, but his heart ft Had far outgrown his years, and to his eye There was...face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away; 50 He had no breath, no being, but in hers; She was his... | |
| Arminianism - 1876 - 1204 pages
...called forth some most exquisite descriptive poetry : — " As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge, The maid was on the eve of womanhood ; The boy had...one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on tim." — The Dream. Thus the spirit of poetry was nursed by a real passion. The edge of his disappointmentlwas... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...alike in youth. As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge The maid was on the eve of womanhood ; 4^ The boy had fewer summers, but his heart Had far outgrown...face on earth , And that was shining on him ; he had look'd Upon it till it could not pass away ; 5o He had no breath, no being, but in her's ; She was... | |
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