 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 sider
...swell to show Short glimpses of a hreast of snow ; What thongh no rnle of conrtly grace To measnred mood had 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-hell raised its head, Elastic... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 sider
...toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow: What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had train'd her pace,— A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew... | |
 | Dorothea Primrose Campbell - 1821 - 552 sider
...take place there. CHAPCHAPTER IX. What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had train'd her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dasb'd the dew. What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the Thulian tongue, Those silver... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 sider
...toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had train'd her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true. Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew... | |
 | 1833 - 570 sider
...spaniel, who, as if inspired with her gaiety, went bounding after her splphlike figure, than whose " A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew." The children of the tenantry used to follow her at a respectful distance, to see her climb the mountains... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1825 - 516 sider
...harebell properly belongs to the Little Campanula. Sir Walter Scott speaks of it by that title : " What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood...hare-bell raised its head Elastic from her airy tread." LADY OF THE LAKH. CANDY-TUFT. JBERIS. CRUCIFEB*. TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. Candy-Tuft takes its English... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1825 - 1096 sider
...toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow : What, though...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 from her airy tread : What though... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 sider
...the Lake, would be quite absurd were the flower there mentioned, intended to be the English harebell. 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 from her airy tread. When applied... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 sider
...glimpses of а breasi of snow : What though no rule of coirrtly grace To measured mood had train d her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heatli-tlowcr dash'd the dew; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Klastic from her airy trend... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 sider
...toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show, Short glimpses of a breast of snow; What though no...her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hune The accents of the mountain tongue, — Those silver sounds so soft, so dear The listener he\d... | |
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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. 
