Upon the glassy plain; and oftentimes, When we had given our bodies to the wind, And all the shadowy banks on either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped... Poems - Sida 47efter William Wordsworth - 1815Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| William Wordsworth - 1850 - 412 sidor
...either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me—even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind me did they stretch... | |
| David Macbeth Moir - 1851 - 398 sidor
...either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short...and watched Till all was tranquil as a summer sea." Wordsworth's great merit lies in his having been a reformer, nay, in many respects a regenerator, of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 sidor
...either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once dills Wheeled by me — even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind... | |
| George Anderson (of Glasgow.) - 1852 - 106 sidor
...side " Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still " The rapid line of motion, then at once " Have I, reclining back upon my heels, " Stopped short...watched " Till all was tranquil as a summer sea," JOHN" XKM-SUN, PH1NTEK, Th SOATE. ... | |
| George Searle Phillips - 1852 - 314 sidor
...side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Jlave I, reclining back upon my heels Stopped short ; yet...and I stood and watched, Till all was tranquil as a dreamless sleep." And with this famous skating passage — the finest realization of the kind in poetry,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 566 sidor
...my heels Stopp'd short : yet still the solitary cliffs Wheel'd by me even as if the earth had roll'd With visible motion her diurnal round : Behind me...solemn train Feebler and feebler, and I stood and watch'd Till all was tranquil as a summer sea. ESSAY IV. Ei istfast traurig tu sehen, wie man von der... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 560 sidor
...my heels Stopp'd short : yet still the solitary cliffs Wheel'd by me even as if the earth had roll'd With visible motion her diurnal round : Behind me...solemn train Feebler and feebler, and I stood and watch'd Till all was tranquil as a summer sea. ESSAY IV. Es ist fast traurig zu sehen, wie man von... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1854 - 432 sidor
...either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short...and I stood and watched Till all was tranquil as a dreamless sleep. Ye Presences of Nature in the sky And on the earth ! Ye Visions of the hills ! And... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1854 - 432 sidor
...either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short...round ! Behind me did they stretch in solemn train, Feebler,and feebler, and I stood and watched Till all was tranquil as a dreamless sleep. Ye Presences... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 sidor
...heels, Stopped short ; yet still the solitary cliff Wheel'd by me — even as if the earth had roll'd With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind me...and watched, Till all was tranquil as a summer sea. TH£ MILKT WAT. THE MILKY WAY. After all these cheerful Christmas doings, good dinners, and merry dances,... | |
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