 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
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...walls of gray, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale Grant ! I send the lilies given to me, Though long before thy hand they touch I know that they must withered... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 pages
...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... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...a rock which steeply lours, 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... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1884 - 266 pages
...a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale of vintage bowers. The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its thousand towns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round." CHTLDE HAROLD, Canto III., Stanza 55. The group... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - Elocution - 1884 - 442 pages
...hands which offer early flowers, Walk smiling o'er this paradise; Above, the frequent feudal towers But one thing want these banks of Rhine,— Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine! 3. T send the lilies given to me, Though long before thy hand they touch I know that they must withered... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 288 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 ! 3I send the lilies given to me ; Though long before thy hand they touch, I know that they must wither'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1885 - 668 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - Italian literature - 1885 - 360 pages
...gray; 510 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 ! 515 3. I send the lilies given to me ; Though long before thy hand they touch, I know that they must... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 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... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...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... | |
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