 Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that...  Essentials of English Grammar: For the Use of Schools - Page 11by William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...how softly they gleamed heneath the hrown shade of her tresses! Sweet was her hreath as the hreath of kine that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest heat she hore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 300 pages
...were her eves as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was...fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer was she when, on Sunday morn, while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air, as the priest with... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 120 pages
...were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was...fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer was she when, on Sunday morn, while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air, as the priest with... | |
 | 1878 - 680 pages
...comparison. They have been selected from the works of two very dissimilar men. First, Longfellow : ' When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at...fair in sooth was the maiden ; Fairer was she when, on Sunday morn, while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air, as the priest with... | |
 | 790 pages
...comparison. They have been selected from the works of two very dissimilar men. First, Longfellow : ' When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah I fair in sooth was the maiden ; Fairer was she when, on Sunday mom, while the bell from its turret... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was...fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer was she when, on Sunday morn, while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air, as the priest with... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 252 pages
...how softiy they gleamed heneath the hrown shade of her tresses! Sweet was her hreath as the hreath of kine that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest heat she hore to the reapers at noon-tide Flagous of home-hrewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer... | |
 | Robert Frederick Brewer - 1869 - 88 pages
...the | berry that | grows on the | thorn by the | Black, yet how | softly they | gleamed be | neath the brown | shade of her | tresses ! Sweet was her...the | breath of | kine that | feed in the | meadows. Evcaigdine. 1 The dactyl and trochee in the first and the third foot respectively would be inadmissible... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pages
...were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was...fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer was she when, on Sunday morn, while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air, as the priest with... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
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