 | Edmund Burke - 1812 - 850 ページ
...light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath -flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell rai.Vd its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though...of the mountain tongue, — Those silver sounds, so oft, so dear, The list'ner held his breath to hear. A chieftain's daughter seem'd the maid j Her satin... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 ページ
...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...so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to heai. XIX. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; Her sattin snood, her silken plaid, Her golden... | |
 | 1810 - 482 ページ
...light, a step more true, " Ne'er from the heath flower dashed the dew; " E'en the slight hare-hell raised its head, " Elastic from her airy tread : "...soft, so dear, " The listener held his breath to hear. " A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; " Hersattin snood, her silken plaid, " Her golden brooch,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 ページ
...true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E'en the slight hare-bell raised it's head, Elastick from her airy tread: What though upon her speech there...soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear." — The " slight hare-bell raising its head" under the foot of Ellen, is one of the stale hyperboles... | |
 | 1810 - 590 ページ
...trained her pace — A foot more light, a step more true, fcJe'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew, E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic...accents of the mountain tongue, Those silver sounds, se soft, so clear, . The listener held his breath to hear.' Such, and still more lovelj' is the chieftain's... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 ページ
...train'd her pace,— A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic...tongue,— Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The list'ner held his breath to hear. XIX. A Chieftain's daughter seem'd the maid; Her sattin snood, her... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 ページ
...Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand. What though upon her speech there hung The accents...tongue,— Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The list'ner held his breath to hear. Not Katrine in her mirror blue, Gives back the shaggy banks more... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1825 - 1096 ページ
...trained her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic...of the mountain tongue, — Those silver sounds, so oft, so dear, The list'ner held his breath to hear. A chieftain's daughter seem'd the maid ; Her satin... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 ページ
...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...held his breath to hear. XIX. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid; Her satin snood, her silken plaid, Her golden brooch such birth betrayed. And seldom... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 ページ
...trained her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew K'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from...soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; Her satin snood, her silken plaid, Her golden brooch such... | |
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E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue? — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear ! A Chieftain's daughter... 
