 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...her cheek with brown, The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had died her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow; \Vhat though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained ho- pace,— A foot more light,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1838 - 268 pages
...Had dyed her glowing hue so hright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a hreast of snow: What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew;... | |
 | Arthur Sinclair (novelist.) - 1839 - 442 pages
...: — Never did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a Naiad, or a grace, Of finer form or lovelier face. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew. One morning in June, when the sun shone with unusual brightness, and the whole heaven... | |
 | Arthur Sinclair (novelist.) - 1839 - 442 pages
...person:— Never did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a Naiad, or a grace, Of finer form or lovelier face. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew. One morning in June, when the sun shone with unusual brightness, and the whole heaven... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pages
...sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swells to show, Short glimpses of a breast of snow ; What...though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Never from the heath-flower dashed the dew... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...her cheek with brown, The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses...though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ;... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 pages
...her cheek with brown, The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served, too, in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow: A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew; E'en the slight harebell... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...Had dyed her glowing hue sO hright, Served too in Hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a hreast of snow; What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace — A foot more light, a step more true. Ne'er from the heath- flower dashed the daw... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...her cheek with brown, The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses...though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew;... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pages
...with ardent frown, The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her "-lowing hue so bright, Served, too, in hastier swell to show Short glimpses...though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew... | |
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To measured mood had trained her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread... 
