 ... following: — Led by his dusky guide, like morning brought by night. Till now in Gertrude's eyes their ninth blue summer shone. Nor far some Andalusian saraband Would sound to many a native roundelay; But who is he that yet a dearer land Remembers,...  The Edinburgh Tales - Page 309edited by - 1846 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1820 - 514 pages
...contrast, the admirable image of Campbell came with peculir force and adaptation to my mind — " And mortal pleasure, what art thou in sooth? The torrent's smoothness ere it dash below !" There is a melancholy story related of a catastrophe that happened here some years ago. A wedding... | |
 | lady Charlotte Susan M. Bury - 1822 - 1370 pages
...youthful fancies : And in the visions of romantic youth, What years of endless bliss are yet to flow ! But mortal pleasure, what art thou ? in sooth The torrent's smoothness ere it dash below. T. CAMPBELL. All these crowded upon her, and peopled the scene with many a vainly loved form of ideal... | |
 | English fiction - 1824 - 488 pages
...merrily, rang the bells" and gratulating crowds poured in, to pay their bridal visits to the happy pair. " But mortal pleasure, what art thou in sooth ? The torrent's smoothness, ere it dash below.'* This last line is also admirably adapted to express the character of the Baroness : she was " the torrent's... | |
 | Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen - 1833 - 634 pages
...in money, a hundred and fifty pounds a-year in land, and a reversion of one thousand marks." — " But, mortal pleasure, what art thou ? In sooth, The torrent's smoothness, ere it dash below !" Scarcely had a fortnight elapsed ere the joy of the bridal AD 1603. party was changed to mourning.... | |
 | Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen - 1833 - 632 pages
...pounds in money, a hundred and fifty pounds a-year in land, and a reversion of one thousand marks."— " But, mortal pleasure, what art thou ? In sooth. The torrent's smoothness, ere it dash below !" Scarcely had a fortnight elapsed ere the joy of the bridal AD party was changed to mourning. On... | |
 | Edmund Flagg - Illinois - 1838 - 292 pages
...conjured up in the weary traveller's fancy when they first delightfully swung before his eye. " But human pleasure, what art thou, in sooth ! The torrent's smoothness ere it dash below ! !" Well — exhausted, worn down, tired out, the traveller yet found it as utterly impossible quietly... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1841 - 836 pages
...frivolous female acquaintances, had dignified her feelings, and doubled her enjoyment of life, liy giving her one friend in whom her faith was perfect...daughter, and kept her son. But mortal pleasure, what are thou in sooth ! The torreut'd smoothness ere it dash below. — The first intimation of danger... | |
 | 1841 - 832 pages
...frivolous female acquaintances, had dignified her feelings, and doubled her enjoyment of life, bygiving her one friend in whom her faith was perfect — one...daughter, and kept her son. But mortal pleasure, what are thou in sooth ! The torrent's smoothness ere it dash below. — The first intimation of danger... | |
 | George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1845 - 484 pages
...But who is he that yet a dearer land Remembers, over hills and far away. Green Albyn, &c. Oh, earthly pleasure, what art thou in sooth ? The torrent's smoothness, ere it dash below. - That fled composure's intellectual ray, v As Etna's fires grow dim before the rising day. And the... | |
 | George Gilfillan - Authors - 1846 - 508 pages
...who is he that yet a dearer land Remembers, over hills and far away. Green Albyn, &,c. Oh, earthly pleasure, what art thou in sooth! The torrent's smoothness, ere it dash below. That fled composure's intellectual ray, As Etna's fires grow dim before the rising day. And the exquisite... | |
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