Clear, placid Leman! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction; once I... The British Critic: A New Review - Sida 6111816Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 sidor
...Clear, placid Leman! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; onee I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved,... | |
| 1851 - 496 sidor
...CLEAR, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft uie from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 sidor
...Clear, plaeid Leman ! thy eoatrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Whieh waras me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To wall me from distraetion ; onee I loved Torn oeean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if... | |
| Henry Philip Tappan - 1852 - 314 sidor
...Clear placid Leman! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwell in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. " It is the hush of night, and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellowed... | |
| Jacob B. Wood - 1852 - 192 sidor
...Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved 'I orn ocean's roar, hut thy soft murmuring, Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I with... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1852 - 512 sidor
...Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwell in, is a thing \Vhich warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from destruction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's... | |
| David Bogue - 1852 - 416 sidor
...Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring; To waft me from distraction : once I loved This quiet sail IS as a noiseless wing Torn ocean's roar,... | |
| Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 sidor
...Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake With the wide world I've dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. 16* It is the hush of night ; and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellowed... | |
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 sidor
...CLEAR, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. It is the hush of night, and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, • Mellowed... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 sidor
...Clear, placid I.cman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world 1 dwelt in, is a thing AVhich warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters...with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. It is the hush of night, and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellow'd and... | |
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