 The youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. "How pleasant...  The Book of British Ballads - Pagina 108geredigeerd door - 1844 - 152 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pagina’s
...spread High as a cloud, high over head ! The Cypress and her spire; — Of flowers that with one scwlet their degree ; 'tis mine To speak, what I myself have know fire.f The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pagina’s
...told of the Magnolia, spread High as a cloud, high over head ! The Cypress and her spire; Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues,...together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening-clouds. And then he said: How sweet it were A fisher or a hunter there, A gardener in the shade,... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1852 - 462 pagina’s
...local habitation. Wonder not that Scott has inwoven such a rich and weird web of romance around All the fairy crowds Of islands that together lie. As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. Well have the people of Edinburgh erected the Gothic monument to Scott — rising so solidly , yet... | |
 | Phillip Pendleton Kennedy, Philip Pendleton Kennedy - 1853 - 242 pagina’s
...of the foliage in October — the hues of all dyes — particularly the scarlet" — " ' The leaves that with one scarlet gleam, Cover a hundred leagues and seem To set the hills on fire.' "But we can't stay here all day." And the signor, without a word more, and with all that directness... | |
 | Philip Pendleton Kennedy - 1853 - 256 pagina’s
...splendor of the foliage in October—the hues of all dyes—particularly the scarlet — '"The leaves that with one scarlet gleam, Cover a hundred leagues and seem To set the hills on fire.' " But we can't stay here all day." And the signor, without a word more, and with all that directness... | |
 | Black Adam and Charles, ltd - 1853 - 168 pagina’s
...present an admirable outline, and the whole length of the lake stretches out before the spectator, " with all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Amongst the evening clouds." * The whole valley of Grasmere, in fact, teems with memorials of Wordsworth.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 432 pagina’s
...of the magnolia, spread High as a cloud, high over head ! The cypress and her spire ; — Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues,...seem To set the hills on fire. The Youth of green savannas spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 364 pagina’s
...expectations, upon Georgia's shore; for, though not upon American savannas, or Canadian lakes, " With all their fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Amongst the evening clouds," yet, amongst the loveliest scenes of sylvan England, and (at intervals)... | |
 | Catherine Anne Hubback - 1855 - 336 pagina’s
...of the magnolia spread High as a cloud — high over head ; The cypress and her spire ; Of flowers, that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire. WORDSWORTH. THE evening was hot, bright, and calm, when most of the party assembled punctually in the... | |
 | 1856 - 580 pagina’s
...told of the magnolia spread High as a cloud, high over head ! The cypress and her spire ; Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues,...seem To set the hills on fire. The youth of green savannas spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands that together... | |
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