And peasant girls, with deep blue eyes, And hands which offer early flowers, Walk smiling o'er this paradise ; Above, the frequent feudal towers Through green leaves lift their walls of gray, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud... Belgium and the Rhine - Page 63by David Bogue - 1852 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...walls of gray, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale of vintage-bowers ; But one thing want these banks of Rhine — Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine ! I send the lilies given to me ; Though long before thy hand they touch, I know that they must withered... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...walls of gray, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale of vintage-bowers ; But one thing want these banks of Rhine — Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine ! I send the lilies given to me ; Though long before thy hand they touch, I know that they must withered... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Authors - 1844 - 334 pages
...behold'st them drooping nigh, And know 'st them gather'd by the Rhine, And ofler'd from my heart to thine. The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all iis thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round : The haughtiest breast its wish might... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...walls of gray, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale of vintage-bowers. But one thing want these banks of Rhine, — Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine ! I send the lilies given to me ; Though, long before thy hand they touch, I know that they must wither'd... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...walls of gray, And many a rock which steeply lours And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale ll b q"Q 1846 Grigg & Elliot"9 Byron George Gordon Byron" George ! 3. I send the lilies given to me ; Though long before thy hand they touch, I know that they must... | |
| English literature - 1849 - 472 pages
...entirely to himself, but, as it was, finding ourselves in the same hotel at Mehlem, 'neath which " The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground." We, in a few words, agreed during our sojourn there, not to be entirely strangers to each other. It... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale of vintage borders ; But one thing want these banks of Rhine, Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine. I send the lilies given to me ; Though long before thy hand they touch, I know that they must withered... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1851 - 352 pages
...walls of gray, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale of vintage-bowers ; But one thing want these banks of Rhine, — Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine ! 3. I send the lilies given to me ; Though long before thy hand they touch, I know that they must... | |
| Edmund Nugent - 1851 - 60 pages
...entively to himself, but, as it was, finding ourselves in the samo qotel at Mehlem, 'neath which " The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground," We, in a few words, agreed during our sojourn there, not to he entirely strangers to each other. It... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...walls of gray, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale of vintage-bowers ; But one thing want these banks of Rhine; — Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine! 3. I send the lilies given to me; Though long before thy hand they touch, I know that they must wiiher'd... | |
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