 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 - Side 186af Walter Scott - 1855 - 840 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Edmund Burke - 1812 - 850 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1825 - 1096 sider
...trained 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...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 ; Her satin... | |
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