 | John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 sidor
...white-wall'd distant town, 340 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 seem'd no more, 345 Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 sidor
...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...growing, Of gentle breath and hue. The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 sidor
...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...growing, Of gentle breath and hue. , The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1154 sidor
...white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; And then there was a little isle,4 Which iu my very face did smile, The only one in view ; A small...growing Of gentle breath and hue. The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all; The eagle rode the rising blast, Melhought he... | |
 | Agnes Catlow, Maria E. Catlow - 1861 - 436 sidor
...only one in view : A small green isle it seemed, no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, Rut in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew...were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue." How beautiful is the castle of Chillon ! the situation lovely as a painter's dream, with the blue lake... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1861 - 380 sidor
...made. In the 'Prisoner of Chillon', there is the following passage : " 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 ; 2044215 Dut on it there were three small trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 sidor
...his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. CHILLON. AND then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view...growing, Of gentle breath and hue. The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he... | |
 | Mrs. John Philip Newman - 1862 - 214 sidor
...view. A small, green isle, it seemed no more. Scarce broader than my dungeon door. But on it thore were three tall trees. And o'er it blew the mountain...were young flowers growing. Of gentle breath and hue. After reading this soul-stirring poem, and feeling that we had attested its truthfulness, " Who," exclaimed... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 sidor
...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...growing, Of gentle breath and hue ; The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all : The eagle rode the rising blast, Metbought he... | |
 | 1863 - 496 sidor
...email green isle, it seemed no more Scarce broader than a dunge >n floor, But In ft there were throe tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze,...And by it there were waters flowing. And on it there wore young flowers growinz Of gentle breath and hue." The floating, white-winged sails, the miniature... | |
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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 there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing Of gentle breath... 
