“Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd;
Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd;
The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd,
And ease of heart her every look convey'd.”

—  George Crabbe

The Parish Register (1807), Part ii, "Marriages".

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd; The joy of youth and heal…" by George Crabbe?
George Crabbe photo
George Crabbe20
English poet, surgeon, and clergyman 1754–1832

Related quotes

Arthur Symons photo

“Emmy's exquisite youth and her virginal air,
Eyes and teeth in the flash of a musical smile,
Come to me out of the past, and I see her there
As I saw her once for a while.”

Arthur Symons (1865–1945) British poet

Emmy, st. 1.

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie photo

“And her joy would become a restless thing, flapping its wings inside her, as though looking for an opening to fly away.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie book Americanah

Source: Americanah

John Keats photo

“As though a tongueless nightingale should swell
Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.”

John Keats The Eve of St. Agnes

Stanza 23
Poems (1820), The Eve of St. Agnes

Nicholas Sparks photo

“Finally getting control of myself, I kissed her again, then brought my hand to her face, gently running my fingers over her cheek. I marveled at the softness of her skin, the gentleness I saw in her eyes. Even now she was perfect.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

Shannon Hale photo

“He looked at her, and the clarity of his dark eyes struck her heart with a sensation of a wound touched.”

Shannon Hale The Goose Girl

Source: The Goose Girl

Lawrence Durrell photo

“Then he saw that she was blind, her face slightly upcast to her companion's in the manner of those whose expressions never fully attain their target - the eyes of another.”

Lawrence Durrell The Alexandria Quartet

Source: The Alexandria Quartet (1957–1960), Mountolive (1958), II

Arthur Schopenhauer photo

“Truth is no harlot who throws her arms round the neck of him who does not desire her; on the contrary, she is so coy a beauty that even the man who sacrifices everything to her can still not be certain of her favors.”

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher

Source: The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1

Joyce Kilmer photo

“Loving her, Monsignore,
I love all her attributes;
But I believe
That even if I did not love her
I would love the blueness of her eyes,
And her blue garment, made in the manner of the Japanese.”

Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier

Main Street and Other Poems (1917), A Blue Valentine

George Gordon Byron photo

“Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes,
Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies.”

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

Stanza 45.
Beppo (1818)

Related topics