...is a fair specimen of the sweetness and force of the composition. " St. Agnes Eve ! Ah, bitter cold it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was acold ; The hare limp'd trembling through ihe frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold ! Numb were the bedesman's fingers, while...

...ineffectual ray, over the snow-covered ground, whose crisp and frozen surface creaks under foot ; " 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...

...St. ST. AGNES' EVE — Ah, bitler chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; Thehare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold : Numb were the Beadsman's lingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted hrcath, Like pious...

...for thce 30 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,...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...

...there be Neglected there, maida, trust to me, So many goblins you shall see. HERRICK. ST. AGNES' EVE. St. Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl,...a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grasa, And silent was the flock in woolly fold : Numb were the beadsman's fingers while he told His...

...force of the composition. "St. Agnes Eve ! Ah, bitter cold it was ! The owl, for all his feaihers, was acold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock m woolly fold ! Numb were the bedesman's fingers, while he told His rowiry ; and while his frosted...

...WILTON," ETC. BATH: BINNS AND GOODWIN; AND BOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLEBS. cr/. KINGSDOWN LODGE. CHAPTEB I. " Ah ! bitter chill it was ! The owl for all his feathers was arcold : The hare limped trembling through the- frozen grass, And silent was the Hod, in woody fold-!"...

...wlide rioem arises from an excess of emotion. THE EVE OF SAINT AGNES.1 St Agnes' Eve— Ah ! bilter chill it was : The owl, for all his feathers, was...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...

...for further acquaintance with hit beauties : — The Eve of Si. Agxei. St. Agnes' Eve 1 Ah, titter chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was...a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grwi, And silent was the flock in woolly fold . The; told her how, upon St. Agnes' Ere, Young virgins...

...beautiful and minute are the delineations of Keats, in the opening lines of " The Eve of St. Agnes!" " 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 ; Numb were the...