 | Andrew Bennett - 1994 - 272 pages
...requirement of tradition, the convention that in order to have a 'vision of delight' virgins must ' Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require / Of heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire' (lines 53-4). The upward eyes are not looking at all - they 'require' rather than look - for heaven... | |
 | John Keats, Robert Gittings - 1995 - 324 pages
...visions of delight. And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the night, 50 If ceremonies due they did aright; As, supperless...they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright; 50 As, supperless to bed they must retire. And couch supine their beauties, lily white; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of heaven with upward eyes for all that they... | |
 | Jean C. Cooper - 1996 - 308 pages
...visions of delighL And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the nighL If ceremonies due they did aright; As, supperless to bed they must retire. The 'Golden Legend' version of her story is similar to that of LL'CY. When she refused either to marry,... | |
 | Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - 1996 - 304 pages
...descendant, the recipe, are often manuals of instruction, as witness these lines from The Eve of St. Agnes: "As, supperless to bed they must retire, / And couch supine their beauties, lilly white." 76 But even though Keble relies on the language of medieval superstition ("love-charm";... | |
 | Jack Stillinger - 1999 - 199 pages
...visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the night, 50 If ceremonies due they did aright; As, supperless...they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they... | |
 | Frances Mayes - 2001 - 548 pages
...might have visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honey 'd middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright; As,...they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lilly white: Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they... | |
 | Montague Summers - 2001 - 372 pages
...might have visions of delight, And soft advisinga from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the night. If ceremonies due they did aright ;...supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their bodies, lily white, Nor look behind nor sideways, but require Of heaven with upward eyes for all that... | |
 | Cora Linn Daniels, C. M. Stevans - 2003 - 592 pages
...virgins might hare visions of delight. And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the bony'a middle of the night. If ceremonies due they did aright; As...bed they must retire And couch supine their beauties lily white; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of heaven with upward eyes for all that they... | |
 | John R. Strachan - 2003 - 218 pages
...from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the night, If ceremonies due they did aright; 50 As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes31 for all that they... | |
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As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire. 
