But thou, Clitumnus ! in thy sweetest wave Of the most living crystal that was e'er The haunt of river nymph, to gaze and lave Her limbs where nothing hid them... Cities of central Italy - Page 304by Augustus John C. Hare - 1884Full view - About this book
| Joel Tyler Headley - 1845 - 240 pages
...is the best guide-book for this region, and Byron stopped here and sung — " But thou, Clitumtius ! in thy sweetest wave Of the most living crystal that...to gaze and lave Her limbs where nothing hid them," &c. And again — " And on thy huppy shore a Temple still Of small and delicate proportions," &c. But... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...the earth wet, and turn'd the unwilling waten red. LXVI. But thou, Clitumnus ! m thy sweetest wave3' my Mary no more, My Mary, to Love once so dear ; In the shade of her bower, ! Ami most serene of aspect, and most clear ; Surely that stream was unprofaned by slaughters — Л... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...Made the earth wet, and tum'd the unwilling waters LXVI. But thou. Clitumnus ! in thy sweetest wave a Of the most living crystal that was e'er The haunt...milk-white steer Grazes ; the purest god of gentle waters I And most serene of aspect, and most clear; Surely that stream was unprofaned by slaughters — A... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1848 - 410 pages
...Clitumnus. Childe Harold is the best guide-book for this region, and Byron stopped here and sung — " But thou, Clitumnus ! in thy sweetest wave Of the...to gaze and lave Her limbs where nothing hid them," &o. And again — " And on thy happy shore a Temple still Of small and delicate proportions," &c. But... | |
| 1849 - 812 pages
...E.xeler Hall — nor are you about to address the Water-witch from the top of Ben-Lomond. TALEOYS. " But thou, Clitumnus ! in thy sweetest wave Of the...that was e'er The haunt of river nymph, to gaze and lavo Her limbs where nothing hid them, thou do-t rear Thy grassy banks, whereon the milk-white eteer... | |
| 1849 - 822 pages
...address the Water-witch from the top of Ben-Lomond. TALBOYS. " But thou, Clitumnus! in thy sweetest ware Of the most living crystal that was e'er The haunt...river nymph, to gaze and lave Her limbs where nothing bid them, thou dost rear Thy grassy banks, whereon the milk-white steer Grazes; the purest god of gentle... | |
| 1849 - 844 pages
...this Stanza. " The sweetest wave of the most living crystal" is visioned to us in the opening lines as the haunt " of river nymph, to gaze and lave her limbs where nothing hid them," — and we are pleased ; it is visioned to us, in the concluding line, as " the mirror aud the bath... | |
| 1849 - 602 pages
...this Stanza. " The sweetest wave of the most living crystal" is visioned to us in the opening lines as the haunt " of river nymph, to gaze and lave her limbs where nothing hid them," — and we are pleased ; it is visioned to us in the concluding line, as " the mirror and the bath... | |
| John Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - 1850 - 750 pages
...Dryden, | Addison, and Byron. The temple ; is now used as a chapel dedicated to ! S. Salvadore. But then, Clitumnus! in thy sweetest wave Of the most living...milk-white steer Grazes ; the purest god of gentle waters! N 4 And most serene of aspect, and most clear ; Surely that stream was unprofaned by slaughters —... | |
| John Wilson - 1850 - 378 pages
...this Stanza. "The sweetest wave of the most living crystal" is visioned to us in the opening lines as the haunt "of river nymph, to gaze and lave her limbs where nothing hid them," — and we are pleased ; it is visioned to us, in the concluding line, as "the mirror and the bath... | |
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