Fearless she had track'd his feet To this rocky, wild retreat ; And, when morning met his view, Her mild glances met it too. Ah ! your Saints have cruel hearts ! Sternly from his bed he starts. And, with rude, repulsive shock, Hurls her from the beetling... Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Page 591edited by - 1847Full view - About this book
| Charles Victor P. Arlincourt (vicomte d'.) - England - 1844 - 320 pages
...free imitation ; for I have not copied the expressions, I have only attempted to translate the idea : Glendalough ! thy gloomy wave Soon was gentle Kathleen's...the Saint (yet ah ! too late,) Felt her love, and mourned her fate. When he said, " Heav'n rest her soul !" Round the lake light music stole ; And her... | |
| Thomas Moore - Ireland - 1849 - 208 pages
...To this rocky, wild retreat ; And, when morning met his view, Her mild glances met it too. Ah ! your Saints have cruel hearts ! Sternly from his bed he...the Saint (yet ah ! too late,) Felt her love, and mourn'd her fate. When he said, " Heav'n rest her soul ! " Eound the Lake light music stole ; And her... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1851 - 918 pages
...To this rocky, wild retreat ; And when morning met his view, Her mild glances met it too. Ah, your Saints have cruel hearts! Sternly from his bed he starts, And with rule repulsive shock, Hurls her from the beetling rock. Glendalough, thy gloomy wave Soon was gentle... | |
| Thomas Moore - Ballads, English - 1852 - 212 pages
...To this rocky, wild retreat ; And, when morning met his view, Her mild glances met it too. Ah ! your Saints have cruel hearts ! Sternly from his bed he...the Saint (yet ah ! too late,) Felt her love, and mourn'd her fate. When he said, " Heav'n rest her soul ! " Round the Lake light music stole ; And her... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1853 - 398 pages
...retreat ; And when morning met his view, Her mild glances met it too. Ah, your Saints have cruel hearts 1 Sternly from his bed he starts, And with rude, repulsive...the saint (yet ah ! too late,) Felt her love, and mourn'd her fate. When he said, " Heav'n rest her soul ! " Round the Lake light music stole ; And her... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1853 - 202 pages
...her breast, and kicked her into the lake." But if we may credit the Poet — " Ah ! your saints hare cruel hearts ! Sternly from his bed he starts, And,...repulsive shock, Hurls her from the beetling rock.' Both authorities, however, agree that the saint "drownded" the lady — a wicked deed, for which the... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1853 - 790 pages
...this rocky, wild retreat ; And when morning met his view, Her mild glances met it too. Ah, your Sainte have cruel hearts ! Sternly from his bed he starts, And with rude repulsive shock, Hurla her from the beetling rock. Glendalough, thy gloomy wave Soon was gentle Kathleen's grave ! Soon... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1854 - 670 pages
...bending over him, weeping, and fixing on his face "eyes of most unholy blue." Moore says, — " Ah, your saints have cruel hearts ; Sternly from his bed he...repulsive shock. Hurls her from the beetling rock ! " But, according to our guide, " the saint, as he 1ay there on his back, coolly put his two feet... | |
| Grace Greenwood - Europe - 1854 - 458 pages
...fixing on his face " eyes of most unholy blue." Moore says, — " Ah, your saints have cruel hearts j Sternly from his bed he starts, And with rude, repulsive shock, Hurls her from the beetling rock ! " But, according to our guide, " the saint, as he lay there on his back, coolly put his two feet... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1854 - 670 pages
...his face "eyes of most unholy blue." Moore says, — " Ah, your saints have cruel hearts ; Stern1y from his bed he starts, And with rude, repulsive shock, Hurls her from the beetling rock ! " But, according to our guide, " the saint, as he lay there on his 'back, coolly put his two feet... | |
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