In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail Child of clay ! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd... The Lord of the Isles: A Poem - Side 142af Walter Scott - 1815 - 443 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Walter Scott - 1857 - 390 sider
...prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That nature's voice might seem to say,...stately shrine Task'd high and hard — but witness mine ! " a XI. Merrily, merrily goes the bark, Before the gale she bounds ; So darts the dolphin from the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1857 - 422 sider
...prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That nature's voice might seem to say,...humble powers that stately shrine Task'd high and hard—but witness mine ! " J XI. Merrily, merrily goes the bark, Before the gale she bounds ; So darts... | |
| Walter Scott - 1857 - 468 sider
...prolonged and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail child of clay I Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witness mine!" xr. Merrily, merrily... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 448 sider
...prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, ' Well hast thou done, frail Child of clay I Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd high and hard — but witness mine ! ' — 11 Merrily,... | |
| Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 sider
...prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody ; Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say,...frail child of clay ; Thy humble powers that stately shine, Task'd high and hard — but witness mine. Merrily, merrily, goes the bark, Before the gale... | |
| Hercules Robinson - 1858 - 278 sider
...20, 1856. Latitude, 45.40; longitude, 10.35; Cape Finisterre, S. by E., 170 miles; a fresh NE wind. " Merrily, merrily, goes the bark, Before the gale she...bounds, So darts the dolphin from the shark, Or the haro before the hounds." Pretty, but not true. You might as well send a cow after a hare as a shark... | |
| Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 sider
...mocka thu organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Xature's voice might seem to say, « Well hast thou done, frail Child of clay I Thv humble powers tlwt stately shrine high and hard — but witness mine !"' XL Merrily, merrily... | |
| Walter Cooper Dendy - 1859 - 120 sider
...solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells. Nor doth its entrance point in vain* To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say,...child of clay, Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard, but witness mine." The south-western cliffs present a most-majestic point to... | |
| Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott - 1860 - 410 sider
...seemed would raise A minster to her Maker's praise : Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say,...child of clay ! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witness mine !" The whole island is full of traditions : one part records... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 sider
...prolonged and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say,...Child of clay ! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witness mine !"— XL Merrily, merrily, goes the bark, Before the gale... | |
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