 | Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - 1846 - Страниц: 512
...classes. Thus m we find in the beautiful description of Ellen : — " A chieftain's daughter secm'd the maid ; Her satin snood, her silken plaid, Her golden brooch, such birth betray 'd." The plaid was formerly worn hanging from the neck nearly to the feet ; it was tied round... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - Страниц: 272
...Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew : E'en the slight hare bell raised its head, Elastic frc5m her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents 6f a mountain tongue — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The list'uer held his breath to hear.—... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - Страниц: 468
...more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew E'en the slight hair-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What...tongue, — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear The list'ner held his breath to hear. fA. chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; Her satin snood, her silken... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1849 - Страниц: 316
...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 harebell raised its head,...tongue, — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, XIX. A Chieftain's daughter seem'd the maid ; Her satin snood,1 her silken plaid, Her golden brooch,... | |
 | Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1849 - Страниц: 630
...from the heath-flower dasbed the delr, ' B'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, .Elastic front her airy tread ; What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the Gipsy tongue 1! ' u Those silver sounds, so soft, so di'ar, . . . ; Lorenzo .held 1 1 is breath to... | |
 | Thomas Stephens - 1849 - Страниц: 532
...description of Ellen Douglas, — " 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 from her airy tread ;" and the Cambrian bard loses nothing by the comparison. Indeed, Rhys Goch's image is the finest ;... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - Страниц: 318
...mood had trained her pace, A foot more light, a slep more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head,...soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; Her satin snood, her silken plaid, Her golden brooch such... | |
 | 1883 - Страниц: 676
...the Lake been noticed ? — " A foot more light, a step more true, Xe'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew : E'en the slight harebell raised its head Elastic from her airy tread." EDGAR MAcCuLLocn. Guernsey. [Instances of the employment of the samo form of illustration are common... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1850 - Страниц: 476
...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." XThe flower which we call hare-bell, is the Campanula rotundifolia; this is very common' near waterfalls,... | |
 | 1850 - Страниц: 592
...present plant seems to have the best claim to it from general practice and poetical authority : — " E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread." We must not, however, expect vernacular names to have any precision or certainty of application. The... | |
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E'en the slight hare-bell 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. 
