 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E'en the slight...her airy tread: What though upon her speech there hang The accents of the mountain tongue, Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell rais'd its head, Elastic, from her airy tread : What though...accents of the mountain tongue, — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The list'ner held his breath to hear. A Chieftain's daughter seem'd the maid ; Her... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 312 pages
...of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ; E'en the slight...accents of the mountain tongue, Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid; Her... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Tracts - 1846 - 282 pages
...courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E'en the slight...accents of the mountain tongue — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; Her... | |
 | 1846 - 374 pages
...let the Great Magician of the North stand forth : — " A foot more light, a step more true. Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ; E'en the slight...harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread." (Lady of the Lake, can. 1. stan. xviii.) Now let us see, whether a still mightier southern bard has... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 276 pages
...more light, a step more true, N6'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew : E'Cn the slight hare bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The aceSnts of a mountain tongue — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The list'ner held his breath... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 268 pages
...of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew : E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elasttc from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents of a mountain tongue... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 272 pages
...Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew : E'en the slight hare bell raised its head, Elastic frc5m her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents 6f a mountain tongue — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The list'uer held his breath to hear.—... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew E'en the slight hair-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What...accents of the mountain tongue, — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear The list'ner held his breath to hear. fA. chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; Her... | |
 | Thomas Stephens - English poetry - 1849 - 532 pages
...remind one of Scott's description of Ellen Douglas, — " A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E'en the slight...hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread ;" and the Cambrian bard loses nothing by the comparison. Indeed, Rhys Goch's image is the finest ;... | |
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E'en the slight hare-bell 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. 
