 Fitz-James alone wore cap and plume. To him each lady's look was lent, On him each courtier's eye was bent, Midst furs and silks and jewels sheen He stood, in simple Lincoln green, The centre of the glittering ring, — And Snowdoun's Knight is Scotland's...  Essays--scientific, Political and Speculative - Page 246by Herbert Spencer - 1858 - 435 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 pages
...simple Lincoln green, The center of the glittering ring — And Snowdoun's Knight is Scotland's King! As wreath of snow, on mountain breast, Slides from...from her stay, And at the Monarch's feet she lay; No word her choking voice commands: She showed the ring, she clasped her hands. 0, not a moment could... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1891 - 326 pages
...See p. 98. •« Hence, the propriety of the order adopted in the following lines: "As wreath of mow, on mountain breast, Slides from the rock that gave...from her stay, And at the Monarch's feet she lay." ! Evidently the first two lines are not needed to render the third line intelligible. As they stand,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 402 pages
...Duncraggan's widow'd dame. 'Twas from a turret that o'erhung Her latticed bower, the strain was sung. Poor Ellen glided from her stay. And at the Monarch's feet she lay. DHHIGNED BY STANZA .Ions GILBERT. BIRKET FOOTER. 2 JOHN GILBERT. 4 JOHN GILBERT. 8 JOHN GILBERT. 14... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 402 pages
...King ! XXVII. As wreath of snow, on mountain-breast, Slides from the rock that gave it rest, 1'oor Ellen glided from her stay, And at the Monarch's feet she lay ; 1 MS.— I-'nr liini wlio nwn'il this royal Hlalo. 8 Sec Appendix, Note Q. \ I'AXTO VI. TIIK QUAWt-BOOU.... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1891 - 488 pages
...compare with this : " As snow upon the mountain's breast Slides from the rock that gave it rest, Sweet Ellen glided from her stay, And at the monarch's feet she lay." Examine the context of this last passage, and its beauty is quite beyond praise ; but note the northern... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1892 - 114 pages
...the object to which it is applied. That this arrangement is the best, may be seen in the following passage from the ' Lady of the Lake ' : " As wreath...glided from her stay, And at the monarch's feet she lay."2 Inverting these couplets will be found to diminish the effect considerably. There are cases,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1892 - 292 pages
...glittering ring, — And Snowdoun's Knight is Scotland's King. As wreath of snow, on mountain-breast, Slides from the rock that gave it rest, Poor Ellen...glided from her stay, And at the Monarch's feet she lay ; No word her choking voice commands, — She show'd the ring — she clasp'd her hands. O ! not a... | |
 | Sara A. Hamlin - 1892 - 166 pages
...glittering ring,— And Snowdoun's Knight is Scotland's King. " As wreath of snow on mountain-breast Slides from the rock that gave it rest, Poor Ellen...glided from her stay, And at the Monarch's feet she lay ; No word her choking voice commands, — She showed the ring, — she clasped her hands. Oh ! not... | |
 | Herbert Spencer, T. H. Wright - 1892 - 104 pages
...the object to which it is applied. That this arrangement is the best, may be seen in the following passage from the ' Lady of the Lake ' : " As wreath of snow, on mountain breast, Slides from the rook that gave it rest, Poor Ellen glided from her stay, And at the monarch's feet she lay."2 Inverting... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1893 - 444 pages
...glittering ring, — And Snowdoun's3 Knight is Scotland's King! As wreath of snow, on mountain bre;ist, Slides from the rock that gave it rest, Poor Ellen...glided from her stay, And at the Monarch's feet she lay ; No word her choking voice commands, — She showed the ring, she clasped her hands ! O ! not a moment... | |
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