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
| 1852 - 514 pages
...— ii. 35. Surely there is not music here equal to the melody which sings of Clitumnus, — ' The sweetest wave Of the most living crystal that was e'er The haunt of river nymph ; ' where ' On thy happy shore a temple still Of small and delicate proportion keeps, Upon a mild declivity... | |
| Margaret Juliana Maria Dunbar - 1853 - 330 pages
...not when I have felt more refreshed, after a hot and fatiguing day, than by a draught of — " The sweetest wave Of the most living crystal that was e'er The haunt of river nymph." We could spare very little time to visit the Picture Galleries at Perugia, though, but for our detention... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 502 pages
...disgnst. Bnt thon, Clitnmnns! in thy sweetest wave a Of the most living crystal that was e'er The hannt of river nymph, to gaze and lave Her limbs where nothing hid them, thon dost rear Thy grassy benks whereon the milk-white steer Grazes; the pnrest god of gentle waters!... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 pages
...Sanguinetto tells ye where the dead Made the earth wet, and tnrn'd the unwilling waters red. LXVI. But thou, Clitumnus ! in thy sweetest wave" Of the...nothing hid them, thou dost rear Thy grassy banks whercun the milk-white steer Grazes ; the purest god of gentle waters ! And most serene of aspect,... | |
| Henry Maney - 1854 - 354 pages
...thou, Clitumne, 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,...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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...earth wet, and tnrn'd the un willing water» Ted. LXVI. But thou, Clitumnus ! in thy sweetest wave3* Of the most living crystal that was e'er The haunt of river nymph, to gaze and lave Tier limbs where nothing hid them, thoudostrear Thy grassy banks whereon the milk-white steer Grazes... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...Made the earth wet, and tnrn'd the unwilling waten red. But thou, Clitumnus ! in thy sweetest wave 30 Of the most living crystal that was e'er The haunt of river nymph, to gaze anil lave Her limbs where nothing hid them, thou dost rear Thy grassy banks whereon the milk-white... | |
| 1857 - 376 pages
...ancient edifice in his day ; and antiquaries and architects agree in regarding the present building as " But thou, Clitumnus ! in thy sweetest wave Of the...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... | |
| Merchant - 1859 - 368 pages
...are without question the direct descendants of the tribe thus honored by the amorous god : " But them Clitumnus ! in thy sweetest wave Of the most living...them, thou dost rear Thy grassy banks whereon the milk white steer Grazes; the purest god of gentle waters ! And most serene of aspect, and most clear;... | |
| Merchant - 1859 - 368 pages
...question the direct descendants of the tribe thus honored by the amorous god : " But thou Clitumnus 1 in thy sweetest wave Of the most living crystal that...them, thou dost rear Thy grassy banks whereon the milk white steer Grazes; the purest god of gentle waters ! And most serene of aspect, and most clear;... | |
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