 I saw two beings in the hues of youth Standing upon a hill, a gentle hill. Green and of mild declivity, the last As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape, and the wave Of woods...  The works of Lord Byron - Page 220by George Gordon Noël Byron Byron - 1830Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinders - 1815 - 324 pages
...a thought, A slumbering thought, is capable of years, And curdles a long life into one hour. . II. I saw two beings in the hues of youth Standing upon...the last As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, 30 Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape, and the wave Of woods... | |
 | 1816 - 572 pages
...try to raise the veil, however, but merely quote a portion of the second stanza, and of the last : ' I saw two beings in the hues of youth Standing upon...a most living landscape, and the wave Of woods and corn fields, and the abodes of men Scattered at intervals, and wreathing smoke Arising from such rustic... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...itself a thought, A slumbering thought, is capable of years, And curdles a long life into one hour. II. I saw two beings in the hues of youth Standing upon...the last As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such^ SO Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape, and the wave Of woods... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...itself a thought, A slumbering thought, is capable of years, And curdles a long life into one hour. II. I saw two beings in the hues of youth Standing upon...the last As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, 30 Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape, and the wave Of woods... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...dream'd Perchance in sleep — for in itself a thought, A slumbering thought, is capable of years, n. I saw two beings in the hues of youth Standing upon...the last As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, 30 Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape, and the wave Of woods... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1819 - 708 pages
...remarkably characteristic of this wide-spread view " A hill, the last As 'twere, the cape of a long rid je of such, Save that there was no sea to lave its base,...landscape, and the wave Of woods and cornfields, and the abo'Jos of men Scalt«r'd at intervals, and wreathing, smoke Arising from such rustic roofs ; the hill... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1819 - 780 pages
...fancy's piclnrings" there is a passage remarkably characteristic of this wide-spread view : " A hill, the last As 'twere, the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there was no sea to lav; its base, But a most living landscape, ami the wave Of woods and cornfields, and the abo'les of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 404 pages
...itself a thought, A slumbering thought, is capable of years, And curdles a long life into one hour. II. I saw two beings in the hues of youth Standing upon...wave Of woods and cornfields, and the abodes of men Scattered at intervals, and wreathing smoke Arising from such rustic roofs ; — the hill Was crown'd... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 614 pages
...grazing beside it, filling up the background. Shortly after passing this, the road ascended — — a gentle hill, Green, and of mild declivity, the last...living landscape, and the wave Of woods and cornfields ; * * * i * « * * The hill Was crowned with a peculiar diadem Of trees, in circular array, so fixed,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...a thought, A slumbering thought, is capable of years, a5 And curdles a long life into one hour. II. I saw two beings in the hues of youth Standing upon...the last As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such , 3o Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape , and the wave Of woods... | |
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