 Let it be — pass on — No good can come of it — it is not well To meet it — it is an enchanted phantom, A lifeless idol; with its numbing look, It freezes up the blood of man ; and they Who meet its ghastly stare are turned to stone, Like those...  The Poets and Poetry of Europe - Page 297edited by - 1855 - 779 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edgar Mertner, Leigh Hunt, Leigh Hunt - 968 pages
...as if she moved with shackled feet : I cannot overcome the thought that she Is like poor Margaret. Let it be — pass on — No good can come of it —...stare are turned to stone, Like those who saw Medusa. Faust. Oh too true ! Her eyes are like the eyes of a fresh corpse Which no beloved hand has closed,... | |
 | Bruce Haley - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 322 pages
...a phantom of Margaret, whom he seduced and who killed their child. Mephistopheles calls the vision "an enchanted phantom,/ A lifeless idol; With its...are turned to stone,/ Like those who saw Medusa." The lines recall the "lonelier column" of Childe Harold III (see chapter 8), which looks like "one... | |
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