 Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour; Now, frowning, smiling, for the hundredth time, The nurse, that ancient lady, preached decorum; And, in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart...  The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror - Page 261825Full view - About this book
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pages
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gaiety, Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy; but at the bridal feast, When all sat down, the bride was wanting there. Nor was she to be found ! Her father... | |
 | Amusing poetry - 1857 - 266 pages
...in her bridal-dress, She was all gentleness, all gaiety, Her pranks, the favourite theme of tongue, now the day was come, the day, the hour; Now frowning,...in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy ; but at the bridal feast, When all sat down, the bride was wanting there. Nor was she to be found ! Her father... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 pages
...She was all gentleness, all gaiely. Her pranks the favorite them*, of every tongue. But now the 'lay was come, the day, the hour; Now, frowning, smiling,...the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart'in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy ; but at the nuptial feast, When all sate down, the bride... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 pages
...from her birth, and her first love. She was all gentleness, all gayety, Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, — the...that ancient lady, preached decorum ; And, in the luster of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy ; but... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...her hridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gnyety, Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongne. But now the day was come, the day, the hour ; Now...smiling,- for the hundredth time, The nurse, that ancicnt lady, preach'd decorum ; And, in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her hea'rt... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...looks there in her bridal-dress, She was all gentleness, all gaiety, Her pranks the favourite theme of tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour...in it to Francesco. Great was the joy ; but at the bridal feast, When all sat down, the bride was wanting there. Nor was she to be found ! Her father... | |
 | F. Macgill - 1858 - 480 pages
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gaiety, Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...And, in the lustre of her youth she gave Her hand, and her heart in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy; but at the bridal feast, When all sat down, the... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gayety, Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day,...in it, to FRANCESCO. Great was the joy ; but at the bridal feast, When all sate down, the bride was wanting there Nor was she to be found ! Her father... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 pages
...looks there in her bridal dress, She was all gentleness, all gaiety, Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue, But now the day was come, the day,...youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to FKANCESCO. Great was the joy ; but at the bridal feast, When all sat down, the bride was wanting there.... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1860 - 480 pages
...all gaiety, Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come—the day—the hour; Now, frowning, smiling, for the hundredth time,...in it, to Francesco. Great was the joy; but at the bridal feast When all sat down, the bride was wanting there. Nor was she to be found ! Her father cried... | |
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