 So weeping, how a mystic Shape did move Behind me, and drew me backward by the hair ; And a voice said in mastery while I strove, 'Guess now who holds thee ?' — 'Death !' I said. But there, The silver answer rang: 'Not Death, but Love.  Italian Influences - Page 196by Eugene Schuyler - 1901 - 433 pagesFull view - About this book
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...happy slumber, when ' He giveth His beloved sleep.' " She speaks of the time of her girlhood as — " The sweet, sad years — the melancholy years — Those of my own life, who by turns had flung] A Bhadow across me." I In 1839 "TheRomaunt of the Page" was published, followed in 1840 by the " Drama... | |
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