 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
 | William Leete Stone - 1844 - 434 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. ii. Yet wanted not the eye far scope to muse, Nor vistas open'd by the wandering stream ; Both where... | |
 | Rachel Evans - 1846 - 346 pages
...to the " dairy dell," a fairy-like place which realizes all the beauty of the poet's imaginings. " So sweet a spot of earth, you might, (I ween) Have...congregation of the elves To sport by summer moons, had shap'd it for themselves." CAMPBELL. This dell, though comparatively small, is yet disposed with so... | |
 | Rachel Evans - 1846 - 338 pages
...to the " dairy dell," a fairy-like place which realizes all the beauty of the poet's imaginings.' " So sweet a spot of earth, you might, (I ween) Have...congregation of the elves To sport by summer moons, had shap'd it for themselves." CAMPBELL. This dell, though comparatively small, is yet disposed with so... | |
 | Bernard Burke - 1848 - 268 pages
...Esq., at whose death, it again devolved, by purchase, on JAMES ELLIS, ESQ. Untbtoortf), to. ferrt*. " So sweet a spot of earth, you might (I ween) Have...elves, To sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselres." " Vix ea nostra voco," has been applied to hereditary honours with more pertinacity than... | |
 | 1851 - 84 pages
...day. Moore. 23. A valley from the river shore withdrawn Shall be your home, two quiet woods between So sweet a spot of earth, you might, I ween Have guessed...sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves. Campbell. 24. In the wild pomps of mountain majesty. Byron. 25. The humble porch with honeyed flowers,... | |
 | 1851 - 496 pages
...serene Came fresh'ning 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 at... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 404 pages
...serene 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...sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves. n. Yet wanted not the eye far scope to muse, Nor vistas opened by the wandering stream ; Both where... | |
 | Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 pages
...serene 38 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...sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves. Yet wanted not the eye far scope to muse, Nor vistas opened by the wandering stream ; Both where at... | |
 | Pharcellus Church - 1853 - 472 pages
...one evil, he encountered nothing but evil. CHAPTER XXIII. EXCURSION TO THE VALLEY OF THE WYOMING. " So sweet a spot of earth, you might, I ween, Have...some congregation of the elves, To sport by summer beams, had shaped it for themselves." CAMPRELL. RISING one morning after a feverish night, the father... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 404 pages
...serene 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...sport by summer moons, had shaped it for themselves Yet wanted not the eye far scope to muse, Nor vistas opened by the wandering stream ; Both where at... | |
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