 And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels...  Poems - Page 2by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed...twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth- work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both his eyes were dazzled, as he stood,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1898 - 248 pages
...hand of Bedevere is now cast into the sea. What a wondrous piece of word-painting is that scene, — There drew he forth the brand Excalibur And o'er him, drawing it, the whiter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long cloud, ran forth, And sparkled keen with frost against... | |
 | 1856 - 796 pages
...noble brand, and of Sir Bedivere's unwillingness to restore it to the Lady of the Lake :— " Then drew he forth the brand Excalibur And o'er him, drawing...all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz lights, and jacinth work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both his eyes were dazzled... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pages
...of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed...against the hilt: For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks. Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both... | |
 | 1856 - 416 pages
...of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down, By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. The classical aquora may have suggested the ' shining levels;' but there is a deeper reason for the... | |
 | 1855 - 338 pages
...of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down, By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. The classical aquora may have suggested the ' shining levels/ but there is a deeper reason for the... | |
 | George Brimley - 1858 - 376 pages
...of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down, By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. The classical cequora may have suggested the ' shining levels'; but there is a deeper reason for the... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1859 - 422 pages
...ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang, Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed...shining levels of the lake ; There drew he forth the broad Excalibur, And o'er him drawing it, the winter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long cloud,... | |
 | 1859 - 414 pages
...ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang, Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed...shining levels of the lake ; There drew he forth the broad Excalibur, And o'er him drawing it, the winter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long cloud,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 366 pages
...of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed...the hilt : For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both... | |
| |
