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" Ave, Maria ; blessed be the hour, The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft Have felt that moment in its fullest power Sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower, Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft,... "
The Crescent and the Cross; Or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel - Page 173
by Bartholomew Elliott George Warburton - 1845 - 768 pages
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Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Volumes 13-14

Essex Institute - Essex County (Mass.) - 1882 - 378 pages
...realms of worship, earth or air, Nor ttx on fond abodes to circumscribe thy pray'r." And again : " And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seemed stirred with prayer." Shelley with his pale fire leads the way like a disembodied soul as he is fleeing through space, fleeting...
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Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower, Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, bright region find, And force an angel down to calm thy mind ; Ave Maria! 'tis the hour of prayer! Ave Maria ! 'tis the hour of love ! Ave Maria! may our spirits...
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Selected Poems of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1893 - 368 pages
...and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower, Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer. Ave Maria ! 't is the hour of prayer ! Ave Maria ! 't is the hour of love...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Quotations, English - 1895 - 768 pages
...! At senate and at bar how welcome wouldst thou he ! Pope, Imitation of the JZurl of Rochester JJot a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer. Byron. 6IMILABITT. Like will to like : each creature loves his kind. Chaste...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious ..., Volume 1873

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower, Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer. BYRON. A paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day...
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Legends of the Virgin and Christ: With Special References to Literature and Art

Hélène Adeline Guerber - Christian art and symbolism - 1896 - 384 pages
...and soft ; While swung the deep bell in the distant tower, Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer." BYRON. This hour henceforth became hallowed, and was marked by the pealing...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 478 pages
...and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower, Or the faint dying day hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seemed stirred with prayer. Ave Maria! 'tis the hour of prayer! Ave Maria! 'tis the hour of love! Ave Maria! may our spirits dare...
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Poetry of the Seasons

English poetry - 1898 - 344 pages
...and soft ; While swung the deep bell in the distant tower, Or the faint dying day hymn stole aloft ; And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seemed stirred with prayer, Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When...
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Raphael: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter

Estelle May Hurll - 1899 - 514 pages
...and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower, Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet...the forest leaves seemed stirred with prayer." The atmosphere of prayer pervades the picture. The woman stands with bowed head and hands 1 " Hail Mary...
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Jean François Millet: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the ...

1900 - 134 pages
...and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower, Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet...the forest leaves seemed stirred with prayer." The atmosphere of prayer pervades the picture. The woman stands with bowed head and hands 1 " Hail Mary...
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