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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 it... "
The Works of Lord Byron: Lara. Siege of Corinth. Parisina. The prisoner of ... - Page 173
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821
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The Works of Lord Byron, Including the Suppressed Poems: Also a Sketch of ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...whilc-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ¿ And then there was a little isle,4 rd. scein'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon flour, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er...
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Poetry for Home and School ...

1846 - 436 pages
...the white-walled distant town, And whiter sails go 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 seemed no more, — Scarce broader than my dungeon floor ; But in it there were three tall trees, And...
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A hand-book for travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont ...

John Murray - 1846 - 552 pages
...it is thus mentioned by Byron in the Prisoner of Chillón : — " And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view ; Л small green isle, it seem'd no more, .Scarce broader than my dungeon-floor ; But in it there were...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...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, The only one in view ; perceive. In my voyage round and orer the lake, within its circumference. It contains a few trees...
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Tales and poems

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; And then there was a little isle,(4) 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...
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The School Reader. Fifth Book: Designed as a Sequel to Sanders' Fouth Reader ...

Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - 468 pages
...thousand years of snow On high, — their wide, long lake below ; And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view. 7. The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous, each and all ; The eagle rode the rising...
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Albion and Erin in Poems of Th. Moore, Lord Byron, R. Burns, P.B. Shelley ...

Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 pages
...the white wall'd distant town, And whiter sail.« go skimming down; And then there was a little isle, 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 monntain breeze, And by it there were waters...
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Sketches of the Poetical Literature of the Past Half-century in Six Lectures

David Macbeth Moir - 1851 - 398 pages
...white-walled distant town, And whiter sails go skimmering 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 seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor ; But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er...
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A Hand-book for Travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont

John Murray (Firm) - 1852 - 512 pages
...is thus mentioned by Byron in the 'Prisoner of Chillón :' — " And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view...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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Switzerland and Savoy

David Bogue - 1852 - 416 pages
...lake. It is mentioned by Byron in his " Prisoner of 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 seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor; But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er...
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