 She was a Goddess of the infant world ; By her in stature the tall Amazon Had stood a pigmy's height: she would have ta'en Achilles by the hair and bent his neck; Or with a finger stay'd Ixion's wheel.  The Christian Remembrancer - Page 2461843Full view - About this book
 | John Keats - 1855 - 416 pages
...seemed no force could wake him from his place ; But there came one, who with a kindred hand Touched his wide shoulders, after bending low With reverence,...Achilles by the hair and bent his neck; Or with a finger stayed Ixion's wheel. Her face was large as that of Memphian sphinx, Pedestalled haply in a palace... | |
 | John Keats - 1856 - 326 pages
...closed ; While his bow'd head seem'd listening to the Earth, His ancient mother, for some comfort yet. By her in stature the tall Amazon Had stood a pigmy's height : she would have ta'en Achilles hy the hair and bent his neck ; Or with a finger stayM Ixion's wheel. Her face was large as that of... | |
 | Philobiblon Society (Great Britain) - 1857 - 398 pages
...a goddefs of the infant world; By her, in ftature, the tall Amazon Had flood a pigmy's height ; ihe would have ta'en Achilles by the hair and bent his neck, Or with a finger Itay'd Ixion's wheel. Her face was iarge as that of Memphian Iphinx, Pedeftall'd, haply, in a palace-court,... | |
 | 1857 - 402 pages
...wake him from his place ; But there came one who, with a kindred hand, Touch'd his wide ftioulders, after bending low With reverence, though to one who knew it not. ] Then came the griev'd voice of Mnemofyne, And griev'd I hearken'd. "That divinity Foreft on foreft... | |
 | John Keats - 1859 - 524 pages
...seem'd no force could wake him from his place; But there came one, who with a kindred hand Touch'd his wide shoulders, after bending low With reverence,...wheel. Her face was large as that of Memphian sphinx, Pedestall'd haply in a palace-court, When sages look'd to Egypt for their lore. But oh! how unlike... | |
 | 1861 - 532 pages
...undisturbed" of the race of Saturn — by the presence of those gigantic forms who would have taken Achilles by the hair and bent his neck, or with a finger stayed Ixion's wheel — speaking in solemn tenor and deep and organ tone, till our very souls thrill... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...seem'd no force could wake him from his place ; But there came one, who, with a kindred hand, Touch'd his wide shoulders, after bending low With reverence,...wheel. Her face was large as that of Memphian sphinx, BedestaJ'd haply in a palace court, When sages look'd to Egypt for their lore. But oh ! how unlike... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1862 - 438 pages
...seemed no force could wake him from his place ; But there came one, who with a kindred hand Touched his wide shoulders, after bending low With reverence,...Ixion's wheel. Her face was large as that of Memphian Sphiux, Pedestal'd haply in a palace-court, When sages look'd to Egypt for their lore. But oh ! how... | |
 | John Keats - 1863 - 496 pages
...seem'd no force could wake him from his place ; But there came one, who with a kindred hand Touch'd his wide shoulders, after bending low With reverence,...wheel. Her face was large as that of Memphian sphinx, Pedestall'd haply in a palace-court, When sages look'd to Egypt for their lore. But oh ! how unlike... | |
 | John Keats - 1863 - 104 pages
...seem'd no force could wake him from his place; But there came one, who with a kindred hand Touch'd his wide shoulders, after bending low With reverence,...bent his neck; Or with a finger stay'd Ixion's wheel. 30 Her face was large as that of Memphian Sphinx, Pedestal'd haply in a palace-court, When sages look'd... | |
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