 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 incense from a censer old, Seem'd taking flight for heaven without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while...  Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature - Page 46de Merriam-Webster, Inc - 1995 - 1236 pagesAperçu limité - À propos de ce livre
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...His rosary, and while his frosted breath. Like pious incense from a censer old, Seem'd taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's...saith. His prayer he saith, this patient, holy man; lu Then takes his lamp, and riseth from his knees, And back retumeth, meagre, barefoot, wan, Along... | |
 | John Keats, Robert Gittings - 1995 - 324 pages
...His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seem'd taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayer he saith. n 10 His prayer he saith, this patient, holy man; Then takes his lamp, and riseth from his knees, And... | |
 | Keith D. White - 1996 - 224 pages
...His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seem'd taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayer he saith. (1-9) Keats will contrast these cold, bleak images with "nanve fire" and Apollonian imagery. In stanza... | |
 | Jack Stillinger - 1999 - 199 pages
...His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seem'd taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayer he saith. II. 10 His prayer he saith, this patient, holy man; Then takes his lamp, and riseth from his knees,... | |
 | Rutherford Aris - 1999 - 503 pages
...His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seemed taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayers he saith. It is so consummately, even if somewhat fulsomely, done that we shiver with the owl,... | |
 | Frances Mayes - 2001 - 548 pages
...His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seem'd taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's...saith. His prayer he saith, this patient, holy man; Then takes his lamp, and riseth from his knees, And back returneth, meagre, barefoot, wan, Along the... | |
 | Stephen Fry - 2006 - 396 pages
...His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seem'd taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayer he saith. Clive James is one of the few poets I know to have made something new and comic of the Spenserian Stanza:... | |
| |
