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40 AGNES BERNAUERIN.
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ordinary power . His whole nature remained comparatively dark and dim until lit up by enthusiasm . Enthusiasm ,
exciteillumines ment , kindled an alabaster him into lamp beauty . Arrayed and radiance in golden , as a harness pure flam , and e mounted on a noble horsehis cheek flushingand his
sparkling , his whole form seemed , sublimed by , the ennobling eye consciousness of courage and the glorious anticipation of victory .
And so , ¦ " From spur to plumes a star of tournament "
, lie charged through the lists in Augsburg ,
" Before the eyes of ladies and of kings . " He had just run a course in which he had unhorsed his opponent
and was led unhelmed before the throne to receive from the , white hands of beauty the reward of valouh His squire held
led the the panting victorious horse , duke as the lowing Turniervoi with gt _, the the pride marshal of conquest of the lists to ,
, g , the throne of the Queen of Beauty and of Love . All eyes were fixed upon the successful knight . Warriors looked on with
admiring pride , while from the eyes of ladies rained those guerdon glances , of " kni burning htly pro yet wess tender . As , " the which duke formed passedbareheaded the dearest
across the lists g his eye fell upon a face which instantl , y arrested , his whole attention , . For a moment , he stopped to gaze . Well used to behold beautandat that momentsurrounded ba
galaxy of lovely women y , the , duke felt that , he had never yet y seen aught so fair—so beautiful , —with a beauty above that which
strikes the senses . In front of the barrier raised before the parted p and lace intentl set and ap y ar in t upon for her the the fair peop royal face le , stood kni lowed ght a young ; the her g hei li irl ps , gazing htened were sli eagerl colour ghtly y
aroused , by the terrors of the tilt g and the excitement g of victory ; her blue eyes were full of liquid g , littering , and she bent forward in order to see the hero who had stirred her ity and terrorwho
had aroused within her the noble emotions p of the mimic , war . As dropped Next the to duk her them e ' stood s long modestl an and old admiring man and , blushing in the glance dress deep reached of l a simp drew her le her eyes burg hood , her she .
over her fair auburn hair y , and turned to the old y , mantaking his arm , and clinging closely , to him . The duke felt in , that brief
moment , a sensation strange and sweet . A something- in the hear maiden t a ' spark s soul of looked fine love through . But her many eyes eyes , and were struck upon upon the royal his
knelt victor of Beau mechanicall of ty , the and tournament received y , with , the ab , and stracted chap turning let . thoug Escap away ht , ing before with as the quickl a sig Queen h y , he as
40 Agnes Bernauerin.
40 AGNES BERNAUERIN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 40, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/40/
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