Let manque be faded romances, Be passe remorse and regret; Hearts dance with the wheel as it dances— The wheel of Dame Fortune’s roulette.
The blood faded from the young man's face; his heart stood still.
The narrator had not observed, that every trace of color had faded out of the Emperor's cheeks.
For a moment Sophy Viner's cheeks burned redder; then they faded to the paleness of white petals.
Darrow mounted these, and opening the door entered a small circular room hung with loosened strips of painted paper whereon spectrally faded Mandarins executed elongated gestures.
Their way led through a bit of sober French woodland, flat as a faded tapestry, but with gleams of live emerald lingering here and there among its browns and ochres.
Sally Walker had fadedin a long perspective of crowding memories.
A gray-bearded man with a pronounced stoop, clad in faded blue overalls, was waiting for them at the barn.
All this autumn day, as the silver clearness of morning faded into the deep gold of afternoon, he sat motionless, considering.
Amid common dangers and common hopes, the prejudiced and feuds of Europe faded slowly from their hearts.
On the breasts of their faded uniforms glittered the badges of the legions in which they had fought and suffered, and beside them sat the wives and daughters, whose hearts had ached at home while they served their country at the front.
It is said that; the Continental money faded away.
They were confined in dens as though they had been beasts, and then they slowly faded and wasted from life.
The streets were but slightly changed--perhaps a little more bareness and leanness of aspect, an older and more faded look to the clothing of the people whom he passed, but the same fine courage shone in their eyes.
A tall, thin man in faded blue, with a straggling beard on his face and a rifle in his hand, came forward among the trees.
Prescott recognized the faded blue uniform and knew at once that he was in the midst of Yankee horsemen.
The lean, brown men in the faded blue uniforms rarely spoke, and the watchful, anxious eyes of the officers searched everywhere.
On the floor were some Eastern rugs in whichfaded and originally pale colours mingled.
He looked at Lady Holme apologetically, and in hisfaded eyes she saw an expression that reminded her of Lady Cardington.
She sent out cards for a reception, one of those affairs that begin about eleven, are tremendous at half past, look thin at twelve, and have faded away long before the clock strikes one.
Sir Donald looked at her with a sudden inquiring shrewdness, that lit up his faded eyes and made them for a moment almost young.
His mouth worked slightly under his stiff white moustache, and his eyes, in colour a faded blue, were fixed and stern.
Those who had loved her had been like spectres, and now, like spectres, had faded away.
Many people fancied that Sir Donald looked more ghostly, more faded even than usual as the season wore on.
Soon the noise of the waterfall behind Casa Felice died away, the spectral facade faded and only the plash of the oars and the tinkle of fishermen's bells above the nets, floating here and there in the lake, were audible.
She kept the frown in its place and stared from under it, examining her features closely, fancying herself really an old woman, her whimsical fascination dead in its decaying home, her powers faded if not fled for ever.
Sir Donald sat down in an armchair and looked, with his faded blue eyes, into the eyes of his hostess.
For a moment the perplexities of the situation confronting her faded away as her gray eyes wandered from one familiar point on the campus to another.
It had been the best of its kind when it was bought, and, though somewhat faded and worn, had withstood the ravages of time wonderfully.
But the smile fadedwhen she told him her errand, and said she was sure he would be glad to contribute either in money or clothing to so good a cause as the public library.
At first sight the pillars of smoke seemed not to disperse, but after an interval they apparently faded away as mysteriously as they had appeared.
It does not seem to disperse; but if you pass on and look away for a quarter of an hour, you will find on your return that it has faded away as suddenly as it came, after the manner of ghosts.
But Uncle had faded into unconsciousness again, and he never came back.
How is it," said one man in faded uniform, "that the British always manage to keep themselves correct and shaven?
She looked at the old one, faded and spotted, and shook her head despairingly.
The half-formed plan of sending Gladys back to Miss Russell's the first of the year faded from her mind.
In the minds of the girls the handsome residences faded from sight, and in place of the wide street they saw the narrow path trailing off through the forest, with dusky forms stealing along it on their long journey southward.
She ha's been plucking them as she walked through the fields, in that poor pink gown of hers and faded hair-riband.
He is yet so young that the birthmark is not faded from his right hand.
The month of May went by, spring with all her beauties appeared in the parks and faded in the heat and dust, while the London season commenced.
The first drawer burst open was the top one on the left, and from it Edwards drew two bundles of letters, each secured by faded pink tape.
I sat staring at that half-faded letter, taking no heed of what Edwards was saying.
There was a bundle of faded letters in one of the pigeon-holes tied with black ribbon, which had been written to Mrs. James Lumsden from somebody who signed himself "Yours to command, Geoffrey La Touche.
The faded wrappings of the tinned goods which had been displayed for many months in the windows were indicative of the comparative poverty of the locality.
The ink which had been used in constructing the cryptogram was faded brown with age, but the figures and the writing were clear and legible, and the whole thing bore evidence of patient and careful construction.
Young Tom's ruddy colour faded as he glanced at the handcuffs, and from them his eyes wandered to Police Constable Heather, as though seeking his counsel to help him out of the awkward position in which he found himself.
Anna followed the faded landlady up the creaking stairs, and gazed round as the woman held the candle up for her survey of the room.
From an attic window high up in a small and dirty hotel facing the Cathedral Square, and well shielded by the faded and torn curtains, a man had sat for days watching the animated scenes beneath him.
The moon shining obliquely in at the long windows flooded parts of the room in a white light, mercilessly picking out the threadbare patches in the ragged tapestries and in the faded embroideries of the chair-backs.
Her faded tea-gown was trimmed with still more faded lace, and faded ribbons nodded wearily in her faded cap.
Tall, and of a commanding carriage that savoured somewhat of arrogance, the late Queen of San Pietro looked out from the faded picture.
A few stone steps flanked by broken iron railings led up to a faded and blistered street-door that once had been green.
The flush had faded from the palace windows, leaving them grey and forbidding, and with sun-down a chill wind had come in from the sea.
Part of it in faded ink and part of it in India waterproof ink, the sort they use here!
The furniture was too heavy and dark for a small Norwegian room in winter; and it was faded and worn.
He sat in the very same big roller-chair, with the same board before his legs, with the same Spanish pictures round him, the same furniture, only it had another and very faded covering.
As they stood there the gorgeous tints faded out of the western sky, a purplish haze settled over mountain and valley, like a gauzy vail softening all their outlines, and a mist was beginning to rise from the depths below.
The sun had gone down, but the western sky was all ablaze with crimson and orange, which gradually faded into soft purple and deeper blue in the upper sky.
Miss Tabby, with many vain repetitions, as she wiped her faded blue eyes.
It was now dawn, and the black sky had faded to a dark gray.
So I whispered to her as she sat crumpled together on the faded cushions of the boat, this white and weary young woman who had been so valiant and careless a girl.
I recall him most vividly against the background of faded brown book-backs in the old library in which we less destructive seniors were trusted to work, with the light from the stained-glass window falling in coloured patches on his face.
The table was spread by an old lady quite as faded and decayed as himself.
My visit to Lake Como has become to me a dream of summer,--a vision that remains faded the whole year round, till the blazing heats of July bring out the sympathetic tints in which it was vividly painted.
Here he watched until across the Hollow he saw the pony and his rider come out of the timber and move swiftly along the ridge; watched until they faded into a tiny spot, rounded the mountain and disappeared from sight.
The big fellow wore no coat, and his great arms were bare, while his old shirt, patched and faded and patched again, was soiled by engine grease and perspiration.
The child Claude was taken charge of by Mr. Hilliston, who had been a good friend to Mrs. Larcher during her troubles, and so the matter faded from the public mind.
She knew nothing of the tragedy save through the papers--those old, faded papers, dated 1866, which she had found in the garret.
Jenny looked startled at this, and her rich color faded when she said good-by to Claude.
Claude, vaguely aware that some unpleasant communication was about to be made to him, sat silently waiting the words of ill omen, and his naturally fresh color faded to a dull white with apprehension.
Claude pressed his lip to her faded cheek, and thus reconciled--as much as was possible under the circumstances--they began to talk of the case.
