Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake , Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once... The poetical works of lord Byron. Illustr. ed - Էջ 400George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| J. T. Headley - 1848 - 410 էջ
...the lips will murmur " Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake With the wild world I dwell ill, IB a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake...quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from destruction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's... | |
| Lady Emily Ponsonby - 1848 - 350 էջ
...with you," cried Mr. Wilmott; " I agree with you now from my heart. Once I thought differently — ' Once I loved torn Ocean's roar; but thy soft murmuring sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved.' I don't often quote Byron, my dear Miss Margaret ; you know, he is no favourite of mine ; but this... | |
| John Watkins - 1850 - 296 էջ
...Byron, — " Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake With the wild world I dwell in, is a thing That warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.' • Poetry is as the telescope, which discovers to us the beauties of the moon and stars ; politics... | |
| John Watkins - 1850 - 296 էջ
...Byron, — " Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake With the wild world I dwell in, is a thing That warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled...thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet, as if a sister's _voice reproved That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.' ' Poetry is as the telescope,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1850 - 466 էջ
...Darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength as is the light Of a dark eye in woman. 7. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. y. I never tempted her with word too large ; But as a brother to a sister showed Bashful sincerity... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1850 - 610 էջ
...Deerslayer adjusted his hard pillow, stretched his form in the bottom of the canoe, and slept. CHAPTER VE. " Clear, placid Leman ! Thy contrasted lake With the...world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stiliness, to forsake Karth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 էջ
...As rose the Muezzin's1 voice in ait In midnight call to wonted prayer. A CALM NIGHT AT LAKE GENEVA. Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. It is the hush of night, and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellow'd and... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 էջ
...As rose tho Muezzin's1 voice in air In midnight call to wonted prayer. A CALM NIGHT AT LAKE GENEVA. Clear, placid Leman! thy contrasted lake, With the...is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; onee I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 էջ
...Darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength as is the light Of a dark eye in woman. 7. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. 9. I never tempted her with word too large j But as a brother to a sister showed Bashful sincerity... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 էջ
...Darkness, ye are wondrous Strong, Yet lovely in your strength as is the light Of a dark eye in woman. 7. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved, 9. I never tempted her with word too large ; But as a brother to a sister showed Bashful sincerity... | |
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