 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 flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath...  The Quarterly Review - Page 2021817Full view - About this book
 | Agnes Catlow, Maria E. Catlow - Italy - 1861 - 436 pages
...only one in view : A small green isle it seemed, no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, Rut in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the...were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue." How beautiful is the castle of Chillon ! the situation lovely as a painter's dream, with the blue lake... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...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...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast,... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...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...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast,... | |
 | Mrs. John Philip Newman - Europe - 1862 - 214 pages
...view. A small, green isle, it seemed no more. Scarce broader than my dungeon door. But on it thore were three tall trees. And o'er it blew the mountain...were young flowers growing. Of gentle breath and hue. After reading this soul-stirring poem, and feeling that we had attested its truthfulness, " Who," exclaimed... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...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...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue ; The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all : The eagle rode the rising... | |
 | Agriculture - 1863 - 496 pages
...email green isle, it seemed no more Scarce broader than a dunge >n floor, But In ft there were throe tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze,...And by it there were waters flowing. And on it there wore young flowers growinz Of gentle breath and hue." The floating, white-winged sails, the miniature... | |
 | William Smith (F.S.A.S.) - France - 1864 - 148 pages
...ope 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...young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue." The railway now entered the flat valley of the Rhone, passing through fertile and well cultivated fields,... | |
 | Thaddeus Norris - Fishes - 1864 - 646 pages
...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...were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue." NOR. (folding up the letter.) I'll stop now, Nestor. You would never die happy if you did not cram... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Switzerland - 1865 - 714 pages
...dungeon-floor; lïut in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain-breeze, Anil by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were...young flowers growing. Of gentle breath and hue." The commencement of the valley of the Rhone is droary and uninteresting. The low ground is a flat alluvial... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...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...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. Tho fish swam by tho castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast,... | |
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