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...The Lovely Night May Song Welcome and Farewell The Rose-Bush on The Moor The Violet The Artist’s Evening Song New Love, New Life To Belinda ‘Holde Lili, warst so lang’ The Traveller’s Night Song I The Traveller’s Night Song II The Fisherman The ErlKing ‘Wer nie sein Brot’ Mignon ‘Heiss mich nicht redden,’ ‘Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt’ To The Moo...

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...The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope AN HEROI-COMICAL POEM Nolueram, Belinda, tuos violare capillos; sed juvat hoc precibus me tribuisse tuis. ... ...The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones; and the character of Belinda, as it is now managed, resembles you in nothing but in beauty. If t... ...om trivial things, I sing This verse to Caryll, Muse! is due: This, even Belinda may vouchsafe to view: Slight is the subject, but not so the praise... ...slipper knocked the ground, And the pressed watch returned a silver sound. Belinda still her downy pillow pressed, Her guardian Sylph prolonged the ba... ...ught, Of all the nurse and all the priest have taught, 6 Of airy elves by moonlight shadows seen, The silver token, and the circled green, Or virgins... ...unds along the waters die. Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs genlty play, Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. All but the Sylph with careful... ...roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some less refined, beneath the moon s pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck th...

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...was round and pink and cheerfully wistful, a little suggestive of the full moon, of what the full moon might be if it could get fresh air and exercise... ....” The doctor’s round face became speculative. His resemblance to the full moon increased. He seemed to gaze at remote things. “It may very well be th... ...for many weeks. “This is very cheering,” he said. “And unexpected. Can old Moon-face have hypnotized me? Anyhow—… Perhaps I’ve only imagined I was ill... ... badly smitten with shyness, who did not talk at all. “A resort, of honey- moon couples,” said the doctor, and then rather knowingly: “T emporary hone... ...s is where we came from. This is the real starting point of the Mayblower. Belinda,’ she said, ‘we’ve got to see all we can of this sort of thing befo... ...l that just—paradoxical,” said the shorter lady, who appeared to be called Belinda. “Not paradoxical,” Dr. Martineau contradicted gently. “Life is alw... ... more. They’ve got to be cleared away.” “Y ou let me tell my own opinions, Belinda,” said the young lady who was called V .V . “I said that if people ... ...e Victor Emmanuele Monu- ment! “ said the lady who answered to the name of Belinda. “It gave me cold shivers to think that those Italian officers migh... .... It’s no good-telling me that it did. It es- caped from it…. So I said to Belinda here, ‘Let’s burrow, if we can, under all this marble and find out ...

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...jor-General Bulcher, wife of Bulcher of the Infantry. “Miss Bulcher. “MISS BELINDA BULCHER (whose name I beg the printer to place in large capitals). ... ...n opportunity to retire on the ramparts, with the inter- esting and lovely Belinda Bulcher. I was occupied, as the French say, in conter-ing fleurette... ...w the little fort. 35 Thackeray “‘What, fireworks! Captain Gahagan,’ said Belinda; ‘this is too gallant.’ “‘Indeed, my dear Miss Bulcher,’ said I, ‘t... ...I have no idea: perhaps our friends the missionaries—’ “‘Look, look!’ said Belinda, trembling, and clutching tightly hold of my arm: ‘what do I see? y... ...s were built! “‘Ho, warder!’ shouted I (while the frightened and trembling Belinda clung closer to my side, and pressed the stalwart arm that encircle... ...y have not provision for two days—they must yield; and then hurrah for the moon-faces! Mashallah! I am told the soldiers who first get in are to have ... ...n being flung open, in marched a lady accompa- nied by twelve slaves, with moon faces and slim waists, lovely as the houris in Paradise. The lady hers... ...a! Belinda! Speak—how can all this be avoided?” “Listen. Gahagan loves the moon-face called Belinda.” “He does, Vizier, to distraction.” “Of what rank... ... Khan. His Highness Prince Holkar has sent me to thee. Y ou shall have the moon-face for your wife—your second wife, that is;—the first shall be the i...

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....................................................................... 67 To Belinda. ..................................................................... ................................................................... 89 To the Moon. ........................................................................ ...................................................... 104 To the Rising Full Moon. ........................................................................ ...e’er the sun his beams O’er ocean flings; I think of thee, whene’er the moonlight gleams In silv’ry springs. I see thee, when upon the distant ri... ...e night! For then thou o’ershadow’st the lustre, Dazzling and fair, of the moon. Dazzling and beauteous art thou, And flowers, and moon, and the plane... ... broke, And glared with hundred gloomy eyes. From out a hill of clouds the moon With mournful gaze began to peer: The winds their soft wings flutter’d... ... truth is great! Love! kind love! release me straight! 1775. 68 Goethe To Belinda. [This song was also written for Lily. Goethe mentions, at the end ...

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...tment under a certain person’s window, who was to have been looking at the moon at that hour, with her pretty quilled nightcap on, and her blessed hai... ...ed girl, with beetle-brows, looking very ill-natured, and about eighteen. “Belinda my love,” said her papa, “this young gentleman is one of my clerks,... ...ng gentleman is one of my clerks, who was at our ball.” “Oh, indeed!” says Belinda, tossing up her head. “But not a common clerk, Miss Belinda,—so, if... ...ess (I had a dozen times rectified the error about our relationship), Miss Belinda made a low curt- sey, and stared at me very hard, and said she woul... ...“walk on the water?” “Hush, Mamma, you don’t understand French!” says Miss Belinda, with a sneer. “It’s a sad disadvantage, madam,” says Fizgig, grave... ...tick to your cursed ledgers and things. What’s the French for ledger, Miss Belinda?” “How can you ask? Je n’en scais rien, I’m sure.” “You should lear...

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...e, or so smoothly flow. Now sleeping flocks on their soft fleeces lie, The moon, serene in glory, mounts the sky, While silent birds forget their tune... ...EAR MDCCXII YEAR MDCCXII YEAR MDCCXII YEAR MDCCXII YEAR MDCCXII ‘Nolueram, Belinda, tuos violare capillos; Sed juvat, hoc precibus me tribuisse tu... ...e human persons are as ficti- tious as the airy ones; and the character of Belinda, as it is now managed, resembles you in nothing but in beauty. If t... ... trivial things, I sing—This verse to Caryll, 28 Muse! is due: This, even Belinda may vouchsafe to view: Slight is the subject, but not so the praise... ...slipper knock’d the ground, And the press’d watch return’d a silver sound. Belinda still her downy pillow press’d, Her guardian Sylph 29 prolong’d th... ... nurse and all the priest have taught; 30 Of airy elves by moonlight shadows seen, The silver token, and the circled green, Or virgins... ... too long, Leap’d up, and waked his mistress with his tongue. ’T was then, Belinda, if report say true, Thy eyes first open’d on a billet-doux; Wounds... ...ough the boundless sky: 80 Some, less refined, beneath the moon’s pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck th... ...used a golden gleam: 330 Graved on his urn appear’d the moon, that guides His swelling waters, and alternate tides; The figured str...

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.... ‘Walter, my dear, ’ said the young lady to the military gentleman. ‘Yes, Belinda, my love, ’ responded the military gentle- man to the black-eyed yo... ... with a most pre- possessing appearance. ’ ‘He is—he is indeed!’ exclaimed Belinda Waters ener- getically. As her eye caught that of Mr. Cymon Tuggs, ... ... that Miss Charlotta Tuggs was the fac simile of a titled relative of Mrs. Belinda Waters, and that Mrs. Tuggs herself was the very picture of the Dow... ... Waters, all suavity; and a most cordial interchange of greetings ensued. ‘Belinda, my love, ’ said Captain Walter Waters, apply- ing his glass to his... ...ar, ’ replied Mrs. Captain Waters. ‘There’s Harry Thompson!’ ‘Where?’ said Belinda, applying her glass to her eye. ‘Bathing. ’ ‘Lor, so it is! He don’... ... night—and the same people ev- erywhere. On that very night six weeks, the moon was shining brightly over the calm sea, which dashed against the feet ... ...ooden benches which are stationed near the verge of the western cliff. The moon had climbed higher into the heavens, by two hours’ journeying, since t... .... Some portions of the two forms were in deep shadow, but the light of the moon fell strongly on a puce-coloured boot and a glazed stock. Mr. Cymon Tu... ...hat time; and such places as these, were left entirely to the mercy of the moon and stars. The chances of detecting desperate char- acters, or of trac...

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...to issue from Fezziwig’s calves. They shone in every part of the dance like moons. You couldn’t have predicted, at any given time, what would have be... ...eap and make a goodly show for sixpence; and she laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit, second of her daughters, also brave in ribbons; while M... ...) hissing hot; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple sauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob t... ...in sage and onion to the eyebrows. But now, the plates being changed by Miss Belinda, Mrs Cratchit left the room alone — too nervous to bear witnesses...

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... to issue from Fezziwig’s calves. They shone in every part of the dance like moons. You couldn’t have predicted, at any given time, what would become ... ...eap and make a goodly show for sixpence; and she laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit, second of her daughters, also brave in ribbons; while M... ...) hissing hot; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple sauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob t... ...in sage and onion to the eyebrows! But now, the plates being changed by Miss Belinda, Mrs Cratchit left the room alone — too nervous to bear witnesses...

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...ishop Wilkins 3 on the art of translating right reverend gentlemen to the moon; and, in the mean time, he resumed his general lectures on physics. Fr... ...ld purely aerial, where all the com- bats and the sufferings were absolute moonshine. And yet the simple truth is, that, for anxiety and distress of m... ...harles II., notoriously wrote a book on the possibility of a voyage to the moon, which, in a bishop, would be called a translation to the moon, and pe... ... serviceable allies that Sir Sidney ever had by land or sea, until several moons later, when he formed the invaluable acquaintance of the Syrian “butc... ...be if that cape were ever to be seen from 163 Autobiographic Sketches the moon! A party of Englishmen, I have heard, went up Mount Aetna, during the ... ... by Miss Edgeworth, under the name of Virginia, in the latter part of her “Belinda.” How that may be, I cannot pretend to say: Pamela was certainly le...

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... Mayor. He was a very substantial citizen indeed. His face was like the full moon in a fog, with two little holes punched out for his eyes, a very rip... ...the matter with his eyes; but, rubbing them a little, he soon found that the moonlight was really streaming through the east window, that the lamps we... ...rom silence as they had never done from danger. This brought to his mind the moonlight through the window, and bethinking himself of it, he groped his... ...mphrey’s Clock — Dickens 18 sun may every morning gild our giant faces—the moon rays fall upon the pavement in a stream of light that to my fancy s... ... charge is sleeping heavily.’ They ceased to speak, and looked upward at the moon. The sight of their large, black, rolling eyes filled Joe Toddyhigh ... ...ting, the bellman rings,—pray Heaven it be not the knell of love and hope to BELINDA. P.S. Pardon the wanderings of a bad pen and a distracted mind. A...

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...ntenance of the latter; and the air grew colder; and about two o’clock the moon appeared, a dismal pale-faced rake, walking solitary through the deser... ...which means that though he had tried ever so much to be a poet, it was all moonshine: in the like manner, I say, “Roagus nascitur , non fit.” We have ... ... on 158 Catherine: A Story the river banks and basking and shining in the moonbeams. A combat on the river is described, that takes place between the... ...ll living, he says; and he says he leaves me for ever.” At this moment the moon, which had been hidden behind Westminster Abbey, rose above the vast b... ...n at the tomb- stone under the tree, or pillar, as it seemed to be, as the moon got up. She was leaning against the pillar, and holding out to Max, wi... ...t and clean as on the day of publication. Think of it! it has been read by Belinda at her toilet, scanned at “Button’s” and “Will’s,” sneered at by wi...

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.... ‘So you’re out, are you?’ ‘Y es, pardner.’ There was now a tender yellow moonlight on the river, and the new comer, keeping half his boat’s length a... ... against the sky, and where the pathway to the Bower was indicated, as the moonlight showed, between two lines of broken crock- ery set in ashes. A wh... ...nd ar- ticulate ‘Tomorrow.’ ‘Commodious,’ gasped Mr Boffin, staring at the moon, after letting Wegg out at the gate and fastening it: ‘Commo- dious fi... ... little room like a three-cornered hat, into which no di- rect ray of sun, moon, or star, ever penetrated, but which was superstitiously regarded as a... ...ary, or what not, than I do that I shall ever be in want of the man in the moon. Me and Mrs Boffin have not even settled that we shall make any change... ...t, but they little think they’re only working for my dolls! There was Lady Belinda Whitrose. I made her do double duty in one night. I said when she c... ...ind the men that called the carriages. V ery bad night too. At last, “Lady Belinda Whitrose’ s carriage! Lady Belinda Whitrose coming down!” And I mad... ... try on—oh! and take pains about it too—before she got seated. That’s Lady Belinda hanging up by the waist, much too near the gaslight for a wax one, ...

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...cted indifference, or momentary shame. “It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda”; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the ... ...not been for this detestable rain. But it does not signify, the nights are moonlight, and we shall do delightfully. Oh! I am in such ecstasies at the ... ... prevent being in the dark; and then had a delightful drive back, only the moon was not up, and it rained a little, and Mr. Morland’s horse was so tir...

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...handsome, and of great value; and the next minute the neck- lace was where Belinda’s cross is in Mr. Pope’s admirable poem, and glittering on the whit... ...Addison on the road that night, walking to a cottage he had at Fulham, the moon shining on his handsome serene face:—”What cheer, brother?” says Addis... ...ut the Prince on the scent, and the porter out of the way. “We have a fine moonlight night for riding on,” says Esmond; “Frank, we may reach Castlewoo...

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...thought he could not make matters worse; and yet this unlucky boy did. The moon was shining very pleasantly out on the sea, and Jim, attracted to the ... ...ty, was anxious to,” &c., she took up her residence with Mr. Bowls in Half Moon Street, and waited the result of the advertisement. So it was that she... ...as no more listening to Glorvina than to the howling of the jackals in the moonlight outside, and the delusion was hers as usual), and having played h... ...e gates of the Commanding-Officer’s com- pound beheld Major Dobbin, in the moonlight, rushing towards the house with a swift step and a very agitated ... ...d quoted the hackneyed and beautiful lines from The Rape of the Lock about Belinda’s diamonds, “which Jews might kiss and infidels adore.” “But I hope...

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...bloodhounds at night, which all last night were yelling and howling at the moon. “I call the dog Gorer,” said Sir Pitt; “he’s killed a man that dog ha... ...ey’s fortune. Waxy says she has him”—here the Rector shook his fist at the moon, with something very like an oath, and added, in a melancholious tone,... ...ation, and up the checkered avenue to Queen’s Crawley, was charming in the moonlight to two such lovers of the picturesque as the Captain and Miss Reb... ... emperor: her allied monarchs and august prince regent. He was her sun and moon; and I believe she thought the grand illumination and ball at the Man-... ... chamber like Iachimo—like Iachimo? No—that is a bad part. I will only act Moonshine, and peep harmless into the bed where faith and beauty and innoce... ...d quoted the hackneyed and beautiful lines from The Rape of the Lock about Belinda’s diamonds, “which Jews might kiss and infidels adore.” “But I hope...

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...at rang from Homer’s lyre, as with the strains which celebrate the loss of Belinda’s lovely locks”—(Mr. Pope blushed and bowed, highly delighted)—”the... ...ng for the Truthful and the Beautiful? When I stood before my uncle in the moonlight, in the gardens of the ancestral halls of the De Barnwells, I fel... ...h was to announce the recommencement of hostili- ties. It came just as the moon rose in her silver splendor, and ere the rocket-stick fell quivering t... ...he purple heavens spread serenely over- head and the faint crescent of the moon, which had peered for some time scarce visible in the azure, gleamed o... ...hink, I bust out with my pom: “‘When Monnlike Oer the Hazure Seas. “‘When moonlike ore the hazure seas In soft effulgence swells, When silver jews an... ...jor-General Bulcher, wife of Bulcher of the infantry. “Miss Bulcher. “Miss Belinda Bulcher (whose name I beg the printer to place in large capitals.) ... ...n opportunity to retire on the ramparts, with the inter- esting and lovely Belinda Bulcher. I was occupied, as the French say, in conter-ing fleurette... ...he valley below the little fort. “‘What, fireworks! Captain Gahagan,’ said Belinda; ‘this is too gallant.’ “‘Indeed, my dear Miss Bulcher,’ said I, ‘t... ...I have no idea: perhaps our friends the missionaries—’ “‘Look, look!’ said Belinda, trembling, and clutching tightly hold of my arm: ‘what do I see? y...

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...tic building at their feet, with the noble river beyond, glistening in the moonlight, appear in all their beauty, and under their most favourable aspe... ...nctly whether it had any columns at all, walked slowly out to look for the moon, and, after coming back quite pale with looking up at the sky so long,... .... ‘Walter, my dear, ’ said the young lady to the military gentleman. ‘Yes, Belinda, my love, ’ responded the military gentle- man to the black-eyed yo... ... with a most pre- possessing appearance. ’ ‘He is—he is indeed!’ exclaimed Belinda Waters ener- getically. As her eye caught that of Mr. Cymon Tuggs, ... ... that Miss Charlotta Tuggs was the fac simile of a titled relative of Mrs. Belinda Waters, and that Mrs. Tuggs herself was the very picture of the Dow... ... Waters, all suavity; and a most cordial interchange of greetings ensued. ‘Belinda, my love, ’ said Captain Walter Waters, apply- ing his glass to his... ...ar, ’ replied Mrs. Captain Waters. ‘There’s Harry Thompson!’ ‘Where?’ said Belinda, applying her glass to her eye. ‘Bathing. ’ ‘Lor, so it is! He don’... ... night—and the same people ev- erywhere. On that very night six weeks, the moon was shining brightly over the calm sea, which dashed against the 353 ... ...ooden benches which are stationed near the verge of the western cliff. The moon had climbed higher into the heavens, by two hours’ journeying, since t...

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...ladies that takes it out of me.’ ‘How, the trying-on?’ asked Riah. ‘What a mooney godmother you are, after all!’ returned Miss Wren. ‘Look here. There... ...t, but they little think they’re only working for my dolls! There was Lady Belinda Whitrose. I made her do double duty in one night. I said when she c... ...ind the men that called the carriages. V ery bad night too. At last, “Lady Belinda Whitrose’ s carriage! Lady Belinda Whitrose coming down!” And I mad... ... try on—oh! and take pains about it too—before she got seated. That’s Lady Belinda hanging up by the waist, much too near the gaslight for a wax one, ... ...anged as a duett: “Deserted, as you will remember Mr V enus, by the waning moon, When stars, it will occur to you before I mention it, proclaim night’...

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...asting off her bonnet in sudden desperation, “here I stand talking to mere Mooncalfs, with Uncle Pumblechook waiting, and the mare catching cold at th... ...in the dead of night, the footsteps of some incapable impostor of a porter mooning about Barnard’s Inn, under pretence of watching it, fell hollow on ... ...ather anxious contraction of his eyebrows, which were black and handsome, “Belinda, I hope you have welcomed Mr. Pip?” And she looked up from her book... ...that I felt quite abashed: as if I myself had done something to rouse it. “Belinda,” remonstrated Mr. Pocket, from the other end of the table, “how ca... ...we made the best of ourselves until he came back. “This is a pretty thing, Belinda!” said Mr. Pocket, returning with a countenance expressive of grief... ...motion, and said, “This is that odious Sophia’s doing!” “What do you mean, Belinda?” demanded Mr. Pocket. “Sophia has told you,” said Mrs. Pocket. “Di... ... just now and ask to speak to you?” “But has she not taken me down stairs, Belinda,” returned Mr. Pocket, “and shown me the woman, and the bundle too?... ...y the back-water, when our own two boats were breaking the sun- set or the moonlight in mid-stream. Herbert was my intimate companion and friend. I pr... ... the shoes with red heels and the blue solitaire, – sounded gravely in the moonlight, and two cherrycoloured maids came fluttering out to receive Este...

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...ommon in married life, when the woman perceives that the god of the honey- moon is a god no more; only a mortal like the rest of us—and so she looks i... ...le Vicomte. M. le Compte de V arique ne se playt qua parlay de vous: M. de Moon aucy. Il di que vous avay voulew vous bastre avecque luy—que vous este... ...d your head.” She smiled an almost wild smile as she looked up at him. The moon was up by this time, glittering keen in the frosty sky. He could see, ... ...s, how beautiful were they! And as, before the blazing sun of morning, the moon fades away in the sky almost invisible, Esmond thought, with a blush p... ... had thought but now as he stood in the court-yard under the clear-shining moonlight: “Great God! what a scene of murder is here within a mile of us; ... ...reat value; and the next minute the neck- 344 Henry Esmond lace was where Belinda’s cross is in Mr. Pope’s admirable poem, and glittering on the whit...