Sentence:  ... he repeated, with such tremulous feeling, the various lines which <WSD>imaged</WSD> a broken heart, or a mind destroyed by wretchedness, and looked so entirely as if he meant to be understood, that she ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry, and to say, that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.