Came freshening, and reflecting all the scene : (A mirror in the depth of flowery shelves ;) So sweet a spot of earth you might, (I ween) Have guessed some congregation of the elves To sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves... Tom Cringle's Log - Page 264by Michael Scott - 1833 - 384 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1809 - 572 pages
...A mirror in the depth of flowery shelves. So sweet a spot of earth, you might, I ween, Have guess'd some congregation of the elves To sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves. The effect of this seclusion on Gertrude is beautifully represented. It seem'd as if those scenes sweet... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 148 pages
...mirror in the depth of flowery shelves;) So sweet a spot of earth, you might, (I ween) Have guess'd some congregation of the elves To sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves. i. Yet wanted not the eye far scope to muse, Nor vistas open'd by the wand' ring stream; Both where... | |
| 1811 - 462 pages
...mirror in the depth of flowery shelves ;) " So sweet a spot of earth, you might, (I ween) " Have guess'd some congregation of the elves " To sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves. " Tet wanted not the eye far scope to muse, « Nor vistas open'd by thewand'ring stream) " Both where... | |
| William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...serene Came freshening and refreshing all the scene ; (A mirror in the depths of flowery shelves :) So sweet a spot of earth, you might, (I ween) Have...sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves. " Yet wanted not the eye far scope to muse, Nor vistas open'd by the wandering stream ; Both where... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 260 pages
...mirror in the depth of flowery shelves ;) So sweet a spot of earth, you might, (I ween) Have guess'd some congregation of the elves, To sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves. Yet wanted not the eye far scope to muse, Nor vistas open'd by the wand'ring stream ; Both where at... | |
| 1833 - 1032 pages
...and jests, ' Yet deem not goodness on the savago stock, Of Outitlissi's heart disdains to grow1— ' So sweet a spot of earth, you might, I ween, Have...congregation of the elves, To sport by summer moons, bad shaped it lor themselves,' — even in such a place could I look forward without a shudder, to... | |
| 1833 - 1056 pages
...of a distant waterfall — (Confound these in usqui toes, though !) — even here, iWrWrPv.n .;> ' So sweet a spot of earth, you might, I ween, Have...some congregation of the elves, To sport by summer moon?, had shaped it for themselves,' — even in such a place could I look forward without a shudder,... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1834 - 286 pages
...am forgetting the beauty of Faskally — " A spot of earth so sweet, you might (I Veen) Well guess some congregation of the elves, To sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves." The first view of it, in the brightness of the morning's sun, when on our way to Blair Atholl, from... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1835 - 578 pages
...am forgetting the beauty of Faskally — " A spot of earth so sweet, you might (I ween) Well guess some congregation of the elves, To sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themsel ves. The first view of it, in the brightness of the morning's sun, when on our way to Blair... | |
| 1836 - 514 pages
...mirror in the depth of flowery shelves) ; So sweet a spot of earth, you might, (I ween) Have guess'd some congregation of the elves, To sport by summer moons, had shaped it for them selves. П. Yet wanted not the eye far scope to muse, Nor vistas open'd by the wand'ring stream... | |
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