 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 370 sider
...marble Nymph or Grace, That boasts the Grecian chisel's trace."] 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... | |
 | 1891 - 608 sider
...Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face. — Lady of the Lake, Canto i. FOOTSTEP. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew. Ev'n the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread. —Ibid. COURAGE. On his bold... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 402 sider
...finer form, a fairer fare, THE CHASK. 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 ; Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The Hst'ner held his breath to... | |
 | Canadian Institute (1849-1914) - 1893 - 370 sider
...yields its bright blue flowers in profusion. This is the flower referred to by Sir Walter Scott : " E'en the slight Harebell raised its head Elastic from her airy tread." with the soil a supply of peaty loam and sphagnum, they can be grown with most gratifying success.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1892 - 292 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 10 To measured mood had train'd her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower... | |
 | John Ruskin, Edwin Ginn - 1892 - 184 sider
...false and vain ! How if it could be true ? You think this also, perhaps, only a poet's fancy — " E'en the slight harebell raised its head Elastic from her airy tread." 2 But it is little to say of a woman, that she only does not destroy where she passes. She should revive;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1894 - 208 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...light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew; E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread: What though... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1895 - 240 sider
...finer form, a fairer face ffnd never marble Nymph or Grace, That boasts the Grecian chisel's trace. What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood...more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ; 355 E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her... | |
 | Frederick Henry Sykes - 1895 - 690 sider
...yellow blossoms. Page 53. 1. 21ff.—I saw the branches of the trees, etc. Lines worthy of a place with, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E'en the light hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread. —Scott, The Lady of the Lake, 1. xvia... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - 1895 - 848 sider
...to the garden, and makes a pretty appearance planted in masses. It is also indigenous to Europe. " E'en the slight Harebell raised its head Elastic from her airy tread." — Walter Scott. ROSES. BY WEBSTER BROS., HAMILTON, ONT. Roses in the garden will in all probability... | |
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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. 
