The eve of StAgnes . danced along with vague, regardless eyes,Anxious her lips, her breathing quick and hallowd hour was near at hand: she sighsAmid the timbrels, and the throngd resortOf whisperers in anger or in sport;iVIid looks of love, defiance, hate, and scorn,Hoodwinkd with faery fancy; all amort,Save to St. Agnes and her lambs all the bliss to be before to-morrow morn. , purposing each moment to retire,She lingerd still. Meantime, across the moorsHad come young Porphyro, v,?ith heart on fireFor Madeline. Beside the portal doors,Buttressd from moonlig
The eve of StAgnes . danced along with vague, regardless eyes,Anxious her lips, her breathing quick and hallowd hour was near at hand: she sighsAmid the timbrels, and the throngd resortOf whisperers in anger or in sport;iVIid looks of love, defiance, hate, and scorn,Hoodwinkd with faery fancy; all amort,Save to St. Agnes and her lambs all the bliss to be before to-morrow morn. , purposing each moment to retire,She lingerd still. Meantime, across the moorsHad come young Porphyro, v,?ith heart on fireFor Madeline. Beside the portal doors,Buttressd from moonlight, stands he, and imploresAll saints to give him sight of Madeline,But for one moment in the tedious he might gaze and worship all unseen;Perchance speak, kneel, touch, kiss— in sooth such things have X. He ventures in; let no buzzd whisper tell;All eyes be muffled, or a hundred swordsWill storm his heart, Loves feverous him those chambers held barbarian hordes,Hyena foemen, and hot-blooded very dogs would execrations howlAgainst his lineage; not one breast affordsHim any mercy in that mansion foul,Save one old beldame, weak in body and in soul. XI. Ah, happy chance ! the aged creature came,Shuffling along with ivory-headed wandTo where he stood, hid from the torchs a broad hall-pillar, far beyondThe sound of merriment and chorus startled her; but soon she knew his face,And graspd his fingers in her palsied , Mercy, Porphyro ! hie thee from this place!They are all here to-night, the whole bloodthirsty race!
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