 Clear, placid Leman! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction; once I...  The British Critic: A New Review - Pagina 6111816Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Lady Emily Ponsonby - 1848 - 350 pagina’s
...mine ; but this was a pretty thought, and I often apply it to such a scene as this. ' It warns me, with its stillness, to forsake earth's troubled waters for a purer spring.' And what do you say, my dear?" slackening his pace and appealing to Sara. " What is your taste in scenery... | |
 | John Watkins - 1850 - 296 pagina’s
...Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake With the wild world I dwell in, is a thing That warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.' • Poetry is as the telescope, which discovers to us the beauties of the moon and stars ; politics... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1850 - 466 pagina’s
...Darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength as is the light Of a dark eye in woman. 7. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. y. I never tempted her with word too large ; But as a brother to a sister showed Bashful sincerity... | |
 | John Watkins - 1850 - 296 pagina’s
...Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake With the wild world I dwell in, is a thing That warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet, as if a sister's _voice reproved That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.' ' Poetry is as the telescope,... | |
 | 1850 - 498 pagina’s
...! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwell in, is a thing Which warm me, with in »tilines, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring . This quiet sail is as a noiseless wins To bear me from destruction.'1 But hush ! the sliadows of evening fall ovtr the scene. " All heaven... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1850 - 610 pagina’s
...lake With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stiliness, to forsake Karth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft ine from distraction : once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet ns If a... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pagina’s
...Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. It is the hush of night, and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellow'd and... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 pagina’s
...Darkness, ye are wondrous Strong, Yet lovely in your strength as is the light Of a dark eye in woman. 7. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved, 9. I never tempted her with word too large ; But as a brother to a sister showed Bashful sincerity... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pagina’s
...Darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength as is the light Of a dark eye in woman. 7. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. 9. I never tempted her with word too large j But as a brother to a sister showed Bashful sincerity... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pagina’s
...Darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength as is the light Of a dark eye in woman. 7. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me...That I with stern delights should e'er have been so mored. 8. They are the native courtesies of a feeling mind, showing themselves amid stern virtues and... | |
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