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... lady so richly clad as she , Beautiful exceedingly . " 3 Christabel , after invoking the protection of heaven , asks this unknown damsel her name and story . The stranger replies- " My sire is of a noble line , And my name is Geraldine ...
... lady so richly clad as she , Beautiful exceedingly . " 3 Christabel , after invoking the protection of heaven , asks this unknown damsel her name and story . The stranger replies- " My sire is of a noble line , And my name is Geraldine ...
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... Geraldine . Christabel accidentally mentions the name of her mother , when- " Alas ! what ails poor Geraldine ? Why ... lady's side , And rais'd to heaven her eyes so blue- Alas ! said she , this ghastly ride- Dear lady ! it hath wilder ...
... Geraldine . Christabel accidentally mentions the name of her mother , when- " Alas ! what ails poor Geraldine ? Why ... lady's side , And rais'd to heaven her eyes so blue- Alas ! said she , this ghastly ride- Dear lady ! it hath wilder ...
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... Geraldine . She accordingly raises herself on her elbow and looks towards the stranger.- " Beneath the lamp the lady bow'd , And slowly roll'd her eyes around ; Then drawing in her breath aloud , Like one that shudder'd , she unbound ...
... Geraldine . She accordingly raises herself on her elbow and looks towards the stranger.- " Beneath the lamp the lady bow'd , And slowly roll'd her eyes around ; Then drawing in her breath aloud , Like one that shudder'd , she unbound ...
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... lady's prison . O Geraldine ! one hour was thine- Thou'st had thy will ! By tairn and rill , The night - birds all that hour were still . But now they are jubilant anew , From cliff and tower , tu - whoo ! tu - whoo ! Tu - whoo ! tu ...
... lady's prison . O Geraldine ! one hour was thine- Thou'st had thy will ! By tairn and rill , The night - birds all that hour were still . But now they are jubilant anew , From cliff and tower , tu - whoo ! tu - whoo ! Tu - whoo ! tu ...
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... lady dead : These words Sir Leoline will say Many a morn to his dying day . And hence the custom and law began , That still at dawn the sacristan , Who duly pulls the heavy bell , Five and forty beads ... lady Geraldine to her father , Sir 9.
... lady dead : These words Sir Leoline will say Many a morn to his dying day . And hence the custom and law began , That still at dawn the sacristan , Who duly pulls the heavy bell , Five and forty beads ... lady Geraldine to her father , Sir 9.
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Page 14 - A little child, a limber elf, Singing, dancing to itself, A fairy thing with red round cheeks That always finds, and never seeks, Makes such a vision to the sight As fills a father's eyes with light...
Page 12 - With music strong and saintly song To wander through the forest bare, Lest aught unholy loiter there.
Page 13 - So deeply had she drunken in That look, those shrunken serpent eyes, That all her features were resigned To this sole image in her mind : And passively did imitate That look of dull and treacherous hate...
Page 6 - Off, woman, off! this hour is mine Though thou her guardian spirit be, Off, woman, off! 'tis given to me.' Then Christabel knelt by the lady's side, And raised to heaven her eyes so blue Alas! said she, this ghastly ride Dear lady! it hath wildered you!
Page 5 - And the lady, whose voice was faint and sweet, Did thus pursue her answer meet:— My sire is of a noble line, And my name is Geraldine...
Page 8 - Large tears that leave the lashes bright ! And oft the while she seems to smile As infants at a sudden light ! Yea, she doth smile, and she doth weep, Like a youthful hermitess, Beauteous in a wilderness, Who, praying always, prays in sleep.
Page 15 - There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek — There is n^ttt wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Page 9 - EACH matin bell, the Baron saith, Knells us back to a world of death. These words Sir Leoline first said, When he rose and found his lady dead: These words Sir Leoline will say, Many a morn to his dying day!
Page 11 - No cause for her distressful cry; But yet for her dear lady's sake I stooped, methought, the dove to take, When lo!
Page 11 - Again she saw that bosom old, Again she felt that bosom cold, And drew in her breath with a hissing sound : Whereat the Knight turned wildly round, And nothing saw, but his own sweet maid With eyes upraised, as one that prayed.