 E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue? — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear ! A Chieftain's daughter...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Pagina 186door Walter Scott - 1855 - 840 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Edmund Burke - 1812 - 850 pagina’s
...light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath -flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell rai.Vd its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though...of the mountain tongue, — Those silver sounds, so oft, so dear, The list'ner held his breath to hear. A chieftain's daughter seem'd the maid j Her satin... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pagina’s
...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-bell raised its head, Elastic...soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; Her sattin snood, her silken plaid, Her golden brooch, such... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 pagina’s
...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-bell raised its head, Elastic...so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to heai. XIX. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; Her sattin snood, her silken plaid, Her golden... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pagina’s
...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 : "...soft, so dear, " The listener held his breath to hear. " A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; " Hersattin snood, her silken plaid, " Her golden brooch,... | |
 | 1810 - 576 pagina’s
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 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 pagina’s
...true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E'en the slight hare-bell raised it's head, Elastick from her airy tread: What though upon her speech there...soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear." — The " slight hare-bell raising its head" under the foot of Ellen, is one of the stale hyperboles... | |
 | 1810 - 590 pagina’s
...trained her pace — A foot more light, a step more true, fcJe'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew, E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic...accents of the mountain tongue, Those silver sounds, se soft, so clear, . The listener held his breath to hear.' Such, and still more lovelj' is the chieftain's... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pagina’s
...trained her pace, — A foot more light, a step more trne, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic...her airy tread : What though upon her speech there bong The accents of the mountain tongue, — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The list'ner held... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 pagina’s
...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...tongue,— Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The list'ner held his breath to hear. XIX. A Chieftain's daughter seem'd the maid; Her sattin snood, her... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pagina’s
...Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand. What though upon her speech there hung The accents...tongue,— Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The list'ner held his breath to hear. Not Katrine in her mirror blue, Gives back the shaggy banks more... | |
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