 Chieftain's woe, Far from the maid he loved so dear, The song arose, so soft and slow, He seem'd her parting sigh to hear. The lonely deck he paces o'er, Impatient for the rising day, And still, from Crinan's moonlight shore, He turns his eyes to Colonsay.  The Poetical Works of Dr. John Leyden - Side 44af John Leyden - 1875 - 304 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1803 - 892 sider
...moonbeams crisp the curling surge, That streaks v«lh foam'the ocean green j While forward btill tlie rowers urge Their course, a female form was seen....Borne on a foamy-crested wave, She reached amain the boirid'iig prow. Then clasping fast the chieftain brave, She, plunging, sought the deep below. Ah !... | |
 | 1803 - 866 sider
...eyes to Colonsay. The moonbeams crisp the curling snrgfe, That streaks with foam the ocean green j While forward still the rowers urge Their course,...glossy, yellow ringlets play. Borne on a foamy-crested ware, She reached amain the bounding protr, Then clasping fast the chielbin brave, She, plunging, sought... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 1298 sider
...streaks with foam. tin- ocean greenj While forward still the rowers urge Their course, a female ibrvn w?* seen. That sea-maid's form of pearly light Was -whiter than the downy spray, And round her hosomy henvihg, bright '• ' Her glossy,' yellow ringlets play. • Borne on, a foamy-crested wave,--... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 892 sider
...rising day, And still, from Crinan's moon-light shore, He turns his eyes to Colonsay. The moonbearns crisp the curling surge, That streaks with foam the ocean green ; While forward still the rowers ureje Their conrse, a female form was That sea-maid's form of pearly light Was whiter than the downy... | |
 | Kenneth Macleay (M.D.) - 1811 - 100 sider
...Impatient for the rising day, And still from Orna's moon-light shore He turns his eyes to Colonsay. The moon-beams crisp the curling surge That streaks...ocean green, While forward still the rowers urge Their course,—a female form- is seen. That sea-maid's form of pearly light, Was whiter than the downy spray,... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 568 sider
...from the MAID he lov'd so dear, The Song arose, so soft and slow, He seem'd her parting Sigh to hear. The Moonbeams crisp the curling Surge, That streaks...Rowers urge Their Course, a Female Form was seen. Borne on a foamy crested Wave, She reach'd amain the bounding Prow, Tin-! i, clasping fast the CHIEFTAIN... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 820 sider
...from the MAID he lov'd so dear, The Song arose, so soft and slow, He seem'd her parting Sigh to hear. The Moonbeams crisp the curling Surge, That streaks...While forward still the Rowers urge Their Course, a J&nale Form was seen. Borne on a foamy crested Wave, She reach'd amain the bounding Prow, Then, clasping... | |
 | John Leyden, James Morton - 1819 - 524 sider
...enough to have given rise to this tradition, was thrown ashore upon one of the Orkney Isles, in 1808. The moonbeams crisp the curling surge, That streaks...ringlets play. Borne on a foamy-crested wave, She reach'd amain the bounding prow, Then, clasping fast the chieftain brave, She plunging sought the deep... | |
 | John Leyden, James Morton - 1819 - 528 sider
...probably originates in the immense snake of the Edda, whose folds were supposed to girdle the earth. The moonbeams crisp the curling surge, That streaks...of pearly light, Was whiter than the downy spray, A ml round her bosom, heaving bright, Her glossy, yellow ringlets play. Borne on a foamy-crested wave,... | |
 | Scott - 1821 - 516 sider
...Impatient for the rising day, And still, from Crinan's moonlight shore, He turns his eyes to Colonsay. The moonbeams crisp the curling surge, That streaks...ringlets play. Borne on a foamy-crested wave, She reach'd amain the bounding prow, • Ah ! long beside thy feigned bier, The monks the prayers of death... | |
| |
