"ELA" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... casts a shade around, That when my consort here I bring, The heiress of a potent king, The Mercians, clad in armour, come, To lead their princess to her home. No joyful hail our nuptial greets, No proof of love my Ela meets, But scarlet banners, waving high, The bridal knot and wreath supply. Alas! I see mistrust has won E'en Cenulph's fondness from his son; Or could my ever-honour'd sire, A proof of Cen'lin's faith require? Can force so needful now appear, To aid a pow'r which I revere? When eager beauty's form ...
— Elegies and Other Small Poems • Matilda Betham
... the stone where ELA lay, The widowed founder of these ancient walls, Where fancy still on meek devotion calls, Marking the ivied arch, and turret gray— For her soul's rest—eternal rest—to pray;[15] Where visionary nuns yet seem ...
— The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 • William Lisle Bowles |
