The Eve of St Agnes: Madeline Flashcards
1
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‘The music, yearning like a God in pain,
She scarcely heard: her maiden eyes divine,’
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2
Q
‘She danced along with vague, regardless eyes,
Anxious her lips, her breathing quick and short:’
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3
Q
‘She closed the door, she panted, all akin
To spirits of the air, and visions wide […] her heart was voluble,
Paining with eloquence her balmy side.’
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4
Q
‘She seemed a splendid angel. newly dressed.’
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5
Q
‘She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint.’
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6
Q
‘Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees:
Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed,’
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7
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