| Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 страници
...fJ. Ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a naiad, or a grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face ! A foot more light, a step more true Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the light Hare-Bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread. . Scott's Lady... | |
| 1837 - 574 страници
...course of a wounded snake. Now take the parallel description from a poet of the Romantic school: " A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew; E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread." In recognising... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 394 страници
...glimpses of a breast of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er...hear. XIX. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid; Her satin snood, her silken plaid, Her golden brooch, such birth betray'd. And seldom was a snood amid... | |
| Ann Fraser Tytler - 1838 - 354 страници
...Ellen, and would exclaim — " What though no rule of courtly grace, To measured mood had trained her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er...soft, so dear, The list'ner held his breath to hear." Florence's early love of poetry had been implanted in her, not only by nature, but by a master's hand.... | |
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 страници
...glimpses of a breast of snow; \Vhat though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained ho- pace,— A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er...tongue, — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The list'oer held his breath to hear. XIX. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid; Her satin snood, her... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1838 - 268 страници
...glimpses of a hreast of snow: What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er...from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E'en the slight hare-hell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 380 страници
...glimpses of a breast of snow. What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had train 'd her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread. What though... | |
| Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1838 - 430 страници
...Scotland, and has a very slender scape. Thus Scott, in the " Lady of the Lake," says of Ellen Douglas, " E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head Elastic from her airy tread." The flower which we call hare-bell, is the Campanula rolundifolia; this is very common near waterfalls,... | |
| Arthur Sinclair (novelist.) - 1839 - 442 страници
...person:— Never did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a Naiad, or a grace, Of finer form or lovelier face. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew. One morning in June, when the sun shone with unusual brightness, and the whole heaven was one mass... | |
| Arthur Sinclair (novelist.) - 1839 - 442 страници
...person:— Never did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a Naiad, or a grace, Of finer form or lovelier face. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew. One morning in June, when the sun shone with unusual brightness, and the whole heaven was one mass... | |
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