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...Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon : Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst,...glory, like a saint : She seem'da splendid angel, newly drcst, Save wings, for heaven. What poet ever described a maiden unrobing in erms of such delicate...

...Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon ; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst,...seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven:—Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. XXVI. " Soon,...

...Heaven's grace, so beautifully expressed by the poet :"| " Rose bloom fell on her hands together press'd, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint." KEAT'S Eve of St. Agnes. Sorrowfully, but truly, may the learned Digby say, " Gothic * Rob Roy. t Gardiner,...

...Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon ; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, . seemed a splendid angel newly drest, Save wings, for heaven ; Porphyro grew faint : She knelt, so pure...

...Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon ; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, — thou dost not say What thou ne'er Irft'st seemed a splendid angel newly drest. Save wings, for heaven ; Porphyre grew faint : She knelt, so pure...

...Madeline s fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon ; Kose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her haira glory like a saint : She seemed a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven. THE VESSEL...

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...Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon : Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst,...knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps...

...heaven's grace and boon : Rose-bloom fell on her hands together prest, And on her silver cross sofi amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint ; She...knelt so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. Anon his heart revives : her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees ; Unclasps...