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" A small green isle, it seemed 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... "
The Travels of a Sugar Planter: Or, Six Months in Europe - Page 86
by Henry Watkins Allen - 1861 - 249 pages
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The Hand-book for Travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and ...

John Murray (Firm) - 1811 - 618 pages
...thus mentioned by Byron in the Prisoner of Chillon :— "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, Scarce broader than my dungeon-floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And oVr...
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Hebrew Melodies

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 324 pages
...distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; 340 And then there was a li ttle isle, * Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view ; 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...
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The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...white-walTd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; 340 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, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 16

1817 - 590 pages
...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 ; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But iu it there were three tall trees, And o'er...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 1

1817 - 506 pages
...uhite-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down i 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. Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volume 6

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; 34O And then there was a little isle, 4 Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view ; 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...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: Prisoner of Chillon. Manfred ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; 340 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, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er...
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The works of lord Byron, Volume 3

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down; And then there was a little isle,(4) Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view; 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...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Lara. Siege of Corinth. Parisina. The prisoner of ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...only one in view; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, 345 But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it...it there were waters flowing, And on it there were yofong flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. 350 The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd...
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Lord Byron's Works ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...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 ; 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...
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