 | John Murray (Firm) - Alps, French (France) - 1838 - 446 pages
...island, the only one in the lake : it is thus mentioned by Byrou in the Prisoner of Chillon: — " And then there was a little isle. Which in my very face did smile. The only oue in view ; A small green isle, it seera'd DO more. Scarce broader than my rtungeon-floor. But in... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; And ihm there was a little isle, (2) rge Gordon Byron But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters... | |
 | H. M. Melford - English language - 1841 - 466 pages
...gives the lililí; in his pow'r The world acquits , and Heav'n demands no more. (Armstrong'* Epistle.) A little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view, > A small green isle , it seemed no more, i Scarce broader than my dungeon floor. . , .,,, . (Byron's Chillón.) Ask , why God... | |
 | John Murray - 1842 - 482 pages
...island, the only one in the lake : it is thus mentioned by Byron in the Prisoner of Chillón : — " And then there was a little isle, Which in my very...green isle, it seem'd no more. Scarce broader than my dungeon-floor; ' But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain-breeze, And by... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...channell'd rock and broken bush ; I saw the whitc-wall'd distant town. And whiter sails go skimming down ; And then there was a little isle,* Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view ; Л small green isle, It seem'd no more, Scarce broader than ray dungeon floor, But la it there were... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 548 pages
...that Republic, which is still proud of the memory of u man worthy of the best age of ancient freedom. The only one in view ; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1843 - 434 pages
...manacled, he could not, by any possibility, have seen the islet on the lake, referred to by the poet — " And then there was a little isle, Which in my very...smile, The only one in view ; A small green isle, it seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor." The depth of the lake has also been strained... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...channeU'd rock and broken bush ; I saw the while-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down; And then there was a little isle, Which in my very...seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor ; But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were... | |
 | Thomas Henry White - Europe - 1845 - 492 pages
...What a grand vulgarity is Vanity ! For my own part, while wishing to realize those exquisite lines, " And then there was a little Isle Which in my very...The only one in view : A small green isle, — it seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er... | |
 | Thomas Henry White - Europe - 1845 - 474 pages
...What a grand vulgarity is Vanity! For my own part, while wishing to realize those exquisite lines, " And then there was a little Isle Which in my very...The only one in view : A small green isle, — it seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er... | |
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And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view ; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by... 
