"... What a kiss, What gentle squeeze he gave each lady's hand! How tremblingly their delicate ankles spann'd! Into how sweet a trance his soul was gone, While whisperings of affection Made him delay to let their tender feet Come to the earth; with an incline so sweet From their low palfreys o'er his neck they bent: And whether there were tears of languishment, Or that the evening dew had pearl'd their tresses, He felt a moisture on his cheek and blesses With lips that tremble, and with glistening eye, All the soft luxury That nestled in his arms."[173] "... Add too, the sweetness Of thy honey'd voice; the neatness Of thine ankle, lightly turned: With those beauties, scarce discern'd Kept with such sweet privacy, That they seldom meet the eye Of the little loves that fly Round about with eager pry."[174] Descriptive passages in the Huntian style are not infrequent: the opening lines from the _Imitation of Spenser_[175] are much nearer to Hunt than to Spenser. "Now morning from her orient chamber came, And her first footsteps touched a verdant hill, Crowning its lawny crest with amber flame, Silv'ring the untainted gushes of its rill; Which, pure from mossy beds, did down distil And after parting beds of simple flowers, By many streams a little lake did fill, Which round its marge reflected woven bowers, And in its middle space, a sky that never lowers."[176] These lines of _Calidore_ show a like resemblance: "He bares his forehead to the cool blue sky, And smiles at the far clearness all around, Until his heart is well nigh over wound, And turns for calmness to the pleasant green Of easy slopes, and shadowy trees that lean So elegantly o'er the waters' brim And show their blossoms trim."[177] A third is: "Across the lawny fields, and pebbly water." Single phrases showing the influence of Hunt[178] are: "airy feel," "patting the flowing hair," "A Man of elegance," "sweet-lipped ladies," "grateful the incense," "modest pride," "a sun-beamy tale of a wreath," "soft humanity," "leafy luxury," "pillowy silkiness," "swelling apples," "the very pleasant rout," "forms of elegance." The following passages apparently bear as close a resemblance to each other as it is possible to find by the comparison of individual passages from the works of the two men: "The sidelong view of swelling leafiness Which the glad setting sun in gold doth dress"[179] compare with: "And every hill, in passing one by one Gleamed out with twinkles of the golden sun: For leafy was the road, with tall array."[180]