 | 1834 - 766 pages
...Chillon ; and from its singleness and diminutive size, presents an imposing object to the eye — •• A small green Isle, it seem'd no more. Scarce broader than my dungeon floor; But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters... | |
 | 1834 - 764 pages
...19. v. 2. SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF EDWARD LASCELLES, GENT. " And then there was a little isle, That in my very face did smile, The only one in view. A little isle ! • • * • But on it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze,... | |
 | 1834 - 734 pages
...19. v. 2. SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF EDWARD LASCELLES> GENT. " And then there was a little isle, That in my very face did smile, The only one in view. A little isle! : • * * * But on it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 348 pages
...white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; And then there was a little isle, (2) Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view...seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1835 - 362 pages
...spire of the grove. And, now, nearing Villeneuve, you sail by the little isle hallowed by Byron•" A little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view, A small green isle, it seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees," &c.*... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 260 pages
...O'erchanneU'd rock and broken bush; I saw the white-wall'd distant town , And whiter sails go skimming down ; And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, I saw them—and they were the same, They were not changed like me in frame; . The only one in view;... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down; And then there was a little isle, (2) Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view;...seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters... | |
 | Edward Lascelles (fict.name.) - 1837 - 346 pages
...that day experienced. * Unbind him. CHAPTER IV. ST HELENA. Anil then there was a little isle, That in my very face did smile ; The only one in view. A small green isle ; it seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor ; But in it there were three tall trees. And o'er... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...The only one in view ; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeae, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing, Of gentle... | |
 | John Murray - 1838 - 452 pages
...the lake : it is thus mentioned by Byrou in the Prisoner of Chillón: — " And lh, -11 there »as a little isle, Which in my very face did smile. The...green isle, it seem'd no more. Scarce broader than my dungeon-floor, But in it there were three tall trees. And o'er it blew the mountain-breeze, And by... | |
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And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view ; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by... 
