ST. Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold... The art of skating, by Cyclos - Page 11by George Anderson (of Glasgow.) - 1852Full view - About this book
| John Keats - 1846 - 348 pages
...Basil-pot away from me ! " THE EVE OF ST, AGNES. PART II. , . v THE EVE OF ST. AGNES. i. ST. AGNES' EVE — Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1847 - 556 pages
...AGNES' EVE — Ah, hitter chill it was ! The owl. for all his feathers, was n-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass. And silent was the flock in woolly fold : Numb wore the Beadsman's fingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Likf pious... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...there, maids, trust to me, So many goblins you shall see. HEEEICK. ST. AGNES' EVE. St. Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold... | |
| Gift books - 1849 - 342 pages
...passage;—look, Dead Violets keep the place! April 1845. THE DREAM OF HOGMANAY.* " St. Agnes' Eve. Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl for all his feathers was a-cold; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass; And silent was the flock in woolly fold.... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...fault in the whole poem arises from an excess of emotion. THE EVE OP SAINT AGNES.( St. Agnes' Eve — Ah ! bitter chill it was : The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold fl The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold... | |
| Boys - 1852 - 466 pages
...Mandeville-s days) supplied him probably with the preceding description." BY JOHN KEATS. I. ST. AGNES' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd tremhling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - Gift books - 1853 - 288 pages
...forever. ST. AGNES' EVE — Ah ! bitter chill it was; The owl, with all his feathers, was a-cold : The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold ; Numb were the beadsman's fingers while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - Country life - 1854 - 592 pages
...St. Agnes":— St. Agues' Eve? Ah, bitter chill it was I The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold. ****** They told her how upon St. Agnes' Eve, Young virgins might have visions of delight, And soft... | |
| John Keats - English poetry - 1856 - 70 pages
...EN.OKAYED BY HORACE HARKAL, THOMAS BOI.TOX, AND JAMES COO1'Eii. THE EVE OF ST. AGNES. i. ST. AGNES' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold... | |
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