 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 flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing Of gentle breath...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 135by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 827 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 pages
...skimming down ; 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...joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he never flew so fast As then to me he seem'd to fly, And then new tears came in my eye,... | |
 | Agnes Catlow, Maria E. Catlow - 1861 - 436 pages
...only one in view : A small green isle it seemed, no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, Rut in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew...were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue." How beautiful is the castle of Chillon ! the situation lovely as a painter's dream, with the blue lake... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...breast. CHILLON. 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...joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he never flew so fast As then to me he seemed to fly ; And then new tears came in my eye,... | |
 | Mrs. John Philip Newman - 1862 - 214 pages
...view. A small, green isle, it seemed no more. Scarce broader than my dungeon door. But on it thore were three tall trees. And o'er it blew the mountain...were young flowers growing. Of gentle breath and hue. After reading this soul-stirring poem, and feeling that we had attested its truthfulness, " Who," exclaimed... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...skimming down ; 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...and hue ; The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all : The eagle rode the rising blast, Metbought he never flew so fast, As then... | |
 | William Smith (F.S.A.S.) - 1864 - 148 pages
...already quoted : — " And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only ope in view ; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce...young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue." The railway now entered the flat valley of the Rhone, passing through fertile and well cultivated fields,... | |
 | Thaddeus Norris - 1864 - 646 pages
...what he saw: — "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...were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue." NOR. (folding up the letter.) I'll stop now, Nestor. You would never die happy if you did not cram... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...skimming down ; And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, This only one in view ; A small green isle, it seem'd no more , Scarce...and hue ; The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he never flow so fast, As then... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...skimming down J 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...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. Tho fish swam by tho castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1867 - 460 pages
...very small island ; the oi«/ one I could perceive Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view ; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce...joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he never flew so fast As then to me he seem'd to fly, And then new tears came in my eye,... | |
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