Our English lakes, mountains, and waterfalls [selected verse]. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 22
Page 4
... wild : Then did no ebb of cheerfulness demand Sad tides of joy from melancholy's hand , In youth's wild eye the livelong day was bright , The fun at morning , and the ftars at night , Alike , when first the vales the bittern fills Or ...
... wild : Then did no ebb of cheerfulness demand Sad tides of joy from melancholy's hand , In youth's wild eye the livelong day was bright , The fun at morning , and the ftars at night , Alike , when first the vales the bittern fills Or ...
Page 5
... wild waves repofe , Inverted fhrubs , and mofs of darkest green , Cling from the rocks , with pale wood - weeds between ; Save that aloft the fubtile funbeams fhine On withered briars that o'er the crags recline ; Sole light admitted ...
... wild waves repofe , Inverted fhrubs , and mofs of darkest green , Cling from the rocks , with pale wood - weeds between ; Save that aloft the fubtile funbeams fhine On withered briars that o'er the crags recline ; Sole light admitted ...
Page 9
... wild weeds , and twisted roots : The druid - ftones their lighted fane unfold ; And all the babbling brooks are liquid gold ; Sunk to a curve , the day - ftar leffens still , Gives one bright glance , and drops behind the hill . In ...
... wild weeds , and twisted roots : The druid - ftones their lighted fane unfold ; And all the babbling brooks are liquid gold ; Sunk to a curve , the day - ftar leffens still , Gives one bright glance , and drops behind the hill . In ...
Page 10
... wild meandering fhore " to view , Obfequious grace the winding fwan pursue ; He fwells his lifted cheft and backward flings His bridling neck between his tow'ring wings ; On as he floats , the filvered waters glow , Proud of the varying ...
... wild meandering fhore " to view , Obfequious grace the winding fwan pursue ; He fwells his lifted cheft and backward flings His bridling neck between his tow'ring wings ; On as he floats , the filvered waters glow , Proud of the varying ...
Page 11
... wild , or rocking shades , Ye ne'er , like hapless human wanderers , throw Your young on winter's winding - fheet of snow . Fair Swan ! by all a mother's joys careffed , AN EVENING WALK . II Howitt's The Poet's Children, cloth Howitt's ...
... wild , or rocking shades , Ye ne'er , like hapless human wanderers , throw Your young on winter's winding - fheet of snow . Fair Swan ! by all a mother's joys careffed , AN EVENING WALK . II Howitt's The Poet's Children, cloth Howitt's ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
bafin befide beneath BLACK COMB bleffed bofom bright brook calm cheerful child cliffs Cloſe clouds cottage courſe crags delight diftant doft fafe faid feen fhade fhall fhepherd fide fight filent fing fingle firſt fleep flowers foft folemn folitude fome fong foon foul ftill ftone ftream fuch fummit Glaramara green happy hath heard heart HELM CRAG Helvellyn hills himſelf houſe Ifabel laft lake lamb laſt LEONARD liften look Luke Mary Howitt moffy mountain muſt myſelf NAB SCAR nook o'er paffed Photographs pleaſant pleaſure praiſe PRIEST purſue reft reſt rill rocks round RYDALE RYDALE WATER ſcene ſea ſee ſeems ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſheep ſhore ſhould ſhow Skiddaw ſky ſmall ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpot ſpread ſtars ſteep ſteps ſtill ſtone ſtood ſtrong ſuch ſweet thee theſe thoſe thou art thoughts trees vale whoſe wild wind wiſh woods